ietf-nntp MODE READER

[Russ Allbery]

Clive D W Feather <clive at demon.net> writes:

> Having said that I'm happy with MODE READER, someone has emailed me
> privately and pointed out an ambiguity.

>>   The server MUST present a response using the same codes as the
>>   initial greeting (as described in section 7.1) to indicate its
>>   ability to provide reading service to the client.

> could be read (despite 7.2.2) as meaning that exactly the same code must be
> given as was given to the initial connection. Here's alternative words that
> would fix that:

>     The response uses the same codes, with the same meanings, as the
>     initial connection (described in section 7.1). However, the server
>     MAY give a different response to that of the initial connection
>     (for example, if posting is only permitted via IHAVE, the initial
>     connection might respond 200 but this command would respond 201).

I agree with this change.

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Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>