ietf-nntp GROUP Responses (was: Commetns on draft-15.pdf)

Charles Lindsey chl at clw.cs.man.ac.uk
Wed Jan 2 03:56:07 PST 2002


In <20020101224235.D49197 at demon.net> "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive at demon.net> writes:

>Let's put it in protocol terms.

>(1) If the requested group does not exist, is the GROUP command allowed to
>select a "related" group and return its details ? [Ignore the question of
>what "related" means.]

Different servers seem to do different things, so I thing it has to be a
"MAY" if you want to be specific.

>If NO, then an aliased group must produce a 411 result. If YES, then:

>(2) If a related group is selected, should the 211 response include the
>original group name or the name of the related group ?

>(3) If the answer to (2) is the original name, then is there any way to
>find out what the related group is ?

Not AFAICS. Which is why I think it better to give the new name in cases
where that makes sense.

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