ietf-nntp LIST EXTENSION response 205 vs 215

[David Johnson (Exchange)]

Yes, the current practices draft should correctly document the responses
for the widely used LIST commands -- there is no point breaking existing
implementations to fix them. But it should NOT state that LIST
EXTENSIONS returns 215. This command does not fall under "current
practice" and has been documented from the start as returning response
205. Response 205 is what we have implemented in Exchange server.

In any case, clients should be designed so they do not attempt to
interpret the 2nd digit. I hope this has been fixed in the latest
Communicator beta.

- david

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	bpolk at netscape.com [SMTP:bpolk at netscape.com]
> 
> According to the charter of the group, we are going to produce a 
> document that describes current practice, plus has the LIST 
> EXTENSIONS mechanism in it.  The current practice is that the 
> above commands return 215, so that is what the current practices 
> document should state.
>