ietf-nntp Backfill: not again.

[Chris Lewis]

In message "Re: ietf-nntp Backfill: not again.", 
'jack at wildbear.on.ca' writes:

>- getting SASL support... this is needed and is broken in the spec.  The
>	spec says to use the same authentication mechanism as POP and IMAP,
>	which are now using SASL

To be absolutely fair, the spec said "generic uses POP and IMAP _LIKE_"
mechanisms.  That was written as an explanatory note for AUTHINFO GENERIC,
not a assertion that kills AUTHINFO GENERIC.
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Chris Lewis, Senior Network Security Analyst, Nortel.
clewis at nortel.ca; Dept 4C16, Ottawa, Canada.  (613) 763-2935.