ietf-nntp Re: OVER extension

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Andrew Gierth said:
>  Clive>   The byte count and line count MUST be decimal integers. They
>  Clive>   MUST count the entire article, both header and body.
> 
> no, the line count counts the body only, excluding the blank line that
> separates headers from body. (the byte count does include headers)
> 
> The client MUST NOT rely on the accuracy of the byte count (there are
> several circumstances in which the server may not be able to return it
> precisely).

Is this generally the case ? Is everyone working from the same basic code ?

> Should there be a requirement somewhere that the first optional field,
> if present, SHOULD be Xref:?

Why ?

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