ietf-nntp 502 response

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Andrew Gierth said:
>  Clive> Hmm, I see that 502 is also used by some commands to mean
>  Clive> "something broke".
> 
> I suspect that all such occurrences are erroneous.

They've been there for a while. Do they need to be removed ?

>  Clive> Under what circumstances do real servers return 502 ?
> 
> on connect, or after a failed AUTHINFO exchange, nowhere else.

It's given as a response for MODE READER and as a generic code meaning
"you're not authorised to use this facility" (a possible example of this
might be GROUP with a restricted-access group).

Does anyone have a server that uses 502 for "something broke" ?

Do we need a "something broke" generic code ?

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