ietf-nntp Initial draft FINALLY available

[Bob Sloane]

> > I agree.  The stated goal is to document existing practice, rather
> > than extentions, isn't it?  Is there any reason to beleive that
> > AUTHINFO {USER,PASS} isn't the most used method of authentication
> > right now?  In what way does this situation differ from the BATCH
> > command, which was left out?
> 
> AUTHINFO has been part of the NNTP landscape since the beginning of the
> decade. BATCH has not. Only now it is finding its way into standard 
> releases of publically available software.

Yes, AUTHINFO {USER,PASS} has been around for quite a while. Aren't
the other forms of the AUTHINFO command fairly recent?  What packages
currently implement AUTHINFO SIMPLE or AUTHINFO GENERIC?
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