ietf-nntp LISTGROUP can't return 412

greg andruk gja at meowing.net
Thu Jul 5 05:58:15 PDT 2001


On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 02:03:35AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
>     412 Not currently in newsgroup
> 
> That response seems nonsensical for LISTGROUP; LISTGROUP can be used
> instead of the GROUP command, and it's therefore entirely valid to use
> outside of a newsgroup.  I don't believe 412 is a valid response to a
> LISTGROUP command.

As traditionally implemented, the newsgroup parameter is required for
LISTGROUP (a natural consequence of being an extended form of GROUP), while
in the draft it is optional (analogous to ARTICLE and friends).  Given the
new feature, the new return code makes sense.



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