ietf-nntp Section 7.1 - GREETING step.

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Stan O. Barber said:
>>> No, I think this is seriously flawed.  If a server returns a 200
>>> but a subsequent POST fails, you've screwed the client.
>> Why ? A POST can always fail.

>> In the case of MODE READER, it's clear that 200/201 indicates whether POST
>> will work.
> 
> This confuses me. First you say a POST can fail and then you say that a POST
> will work if a client sends MODE READER first. I believe a POST can always fail
> regardless of MODE READER.

Sorry. The last bit should, perhaps, have said "whether POST has a fighting
chance of working".

POST can always fail on individual articles. 200/201 to MODE READER is
meant to show whether POST is permitted or prohibited; the question is what
it means in the greeting.

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