ietf-nntp Re: OVER extension

[Howard Swinehart]

From: "Charles Lindsey" <chl at clw.cs.man.ac.uk>
>
> I thought somebody said that byte count included the headers, but line
> count didn't.

XOVER  - body only
Lines: - body only
 OVER  - entire article (based on the draft text)

>>[Possible addition]
>>? Note: even if an article contains a Lines: or Bytes: header, the
>>server
>>? MUST NOT trust it but must generate its own value.

> I think I would say:
>
> Although articles sometimes contain a Lines header, the server
> MUST not assume this is correct, and MUST compute the line count
> itself; likewise with any header that purports to convey the byte
> count.

Or to make it clear that it's not just an accuracy issue, how about:

The Lines header and line count contain different and incompatible
values.  The server MUST compute the line count and byte count itself.