ietf-nntp Section 7.1 - GREETING step.

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Charles Lindsey said:
> Well a logical solution would be to say
> 	200	you may only read
> 	201	you may POST
> 	202	you may IHAVE
> 	203	you may do BOTH
> 
> Given that in practical situations clients are usually either in the
> reading business or in the relaying business, but rarely in both, what
> current clients would actually get confused if servers suddenly started
> behaving like that?

Most of them, because you're changing the meanings of the present codes.

I'm not sure there's a workable way to improve this.

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