ietf-nntp <0> and message IDs

[Russ Allbery]

Charles Lindsey <chl at clw.cs.man.ac.uk> writes:

> Yes, but I think the point is that if some extension provides a TAKETHIS
> command, then failure to provide a message-id in the command, or as a
> header in the article, should be a big No No, meriting a 5xx response.

Why?

> Therefore, it should be made clear that "inventing" a message-id is ONLY
> allowed with the POST command.

I see no reason to outlaw an extension that offers a new POST-like
command.

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