ietf-nntp DEBUG command x9x (was: 9xx)

[Peter Mee]

[SNIP]
> At least up till draft-10, I haven't seen a distinction between
> NNTP's protocol response and the actual data of news articles.
> RFC977 and draft-10 for that matter treat both classes of data
> as "response".  Herein lies perhaps an inherent problem when we
> try to introduce multiple lines of protocol responses such as
> the x9x or 9xx lines.  Current RFC977, draft-10, and most (or
> all?) clients require a DOT CRLF after multi-line responses 
> (interpreted as inclusive of both protocol and data responses).  

Does anyone know of a server that produces RFC 977 debug codes?
If so, does anyone know how a variety of clients react when presented
with them?  With this information, perhaps some text explaining only
the current practice can be produced & then we work off that?

Cheers,

Pete