ietf-nntp Generic responses
Lee Kindness
lkindness at csl.co.uk
Wed Dec 12 07:17:39 PST 2001
Clive D.W. Feather writes:
> Stan O. Barber said:
> > No, it did not. That's why it was not in there. I, for one, find it
> > confusing.
> Let me start again.
> We have 7 generic response codes:
> [ snip ]
> For each command in the specification, some of these are legitimate
> responses and some are not. For example:
> [ snip ]
> {Question 1} Does anyone disagree ?
I agree this is a good generalisation that would imporve readability
of the specification.
> If we agree, then the following possibilities come to mind:
> [ snip ]
> (3) List the valid generic responses as a summary:
> 9.1.1.1.1 Responses
> 211 n l h ggg Group successfully selected (...)
> 411 No such newsgroup
> plus generic responses 400, 401, 501
> {Question 2} Which of these three arrangements is best ?
Option 3.
Regards, Lee Kindness.
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