ietf-nntp Re: Section 7 minor points
Clive D.W. Feather
clive at demon.net
Wed Jan 10 08:22:17 PST 2001
I wrote:
> Firstly, the notation used in the examples for starting and ending a
> connection are inconsistent with each other; the former also looks like
> it's a message sent over the connection. Can I suggest that instead we use
> indented bracket text, thus:
>
> 7.1.1 Initial Connection Example
>
> Example of a normal connection from an authorized client
>
> ! [Initial TCP connection completed]
> [S] 200 NNTP Service Ready, posting permitted
>
> Client can send commands at this point. In this example, the
> client jumps directly to the conclusion step (See section 10).
>
> [C] QUIT
> [S] 205 NNTP Service exits normally
> ! [Server closes connection]
[...]
I have put an edited version of draft 12 section 7 at:
<http://www.davros.org/nntp-texts/section-7-tidy.txt>
By the way, I felt that the examples and response lists were better
single-spaced rather than double-spaced. Am I alone in this ?
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