ietf-nntp DEBUG command (9xx)

[Stan O. Barber]

Chin Chee-Kai wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Stan O. Barber wrote:
> 
> >>[The DEBUG command was intended to clarify RFC977, which is part of the charter.
> >>We can dispose of this command, but if we do, then we are left with the lack of
> >>clarity on what
> >>happens when a client sees an X9X response during a session.]
> 
> Hmmm, the DEBUG command seems to introduce more issues than
> clarifications as I've described earlier at length.  There
> are other alternatives and discussions on clarifying the
> x9x and x8x messages spaces without using DEBUG command.
> 
> Cheers,
> CK

Based on this and other comment from you, then I would take it that you are in
the group that says that X9X should never be presented by a server under normal
circumstances.

The question is still open (unless I missed it) on what a client should do
should a server present these results and that server is understood to be in
"normal circumstances" mode by the client. Should the client ignore these
responses or treat them as protocol errors? I would suggest the latter, but
again, I am open to other possibilities as long as we can get some consensus.

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