ietf-nntp Extensions

[Brian Hernacki]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> 
> Brian Kantor said:
> > I would cordially submit that the process should remain as it has:
> >
> > 1. get the extensions working
> > 2. document them in an informational RFC
> > 3. when widely used, prepare a standards-track RFC
> 
> Do we yet have a standard extension mechanism ? When I wanted to document
> an extension to NNTP, I was told it had to use the (then) non-existent
> extensions mechanism.

It's not official yet, but the extension mechansim is defined in the
977bis document.

--brian
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