ietf-nntp draft-ietf-nntpext-base-19

[Charles Lindsey]

In <20030813135221.GB624 at finch-staff-1.thus.net> "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive at demon.net> writes:


>    Note that where a command has variants depending on a second keyword
>    (e.g. LIST ACTIVE and LIST NEWSGROUPS), then 501 MUST be used when
>    the requested variant is not implemented but the base command is
>    and 500 MUST only be used when the base command itself is not
>    implemented.

... and 500 MUST NOT be used unless the base command itself is not
implemented.


>New wording for 5.2.2:

>    MODE READER SHOULD be sent by any client that intends to use any
>    command in this specification (excluding section 8) other than
>    IHAVE, HEAD, STAT, LIST ACTIVE, or LIST EXTENSIONS.  Servers MAY
>    require that this command be issued before any commands other than
>    the above are sent and MAY reject such commands until after a MODE
>    READER command has been sent.

There exists the possibility (shudder) that other variants of the MODE
command might exist in the future, in which case the principles you set
out below would apply pretty much as you have written them. Should it all
be written in a more general form to cover that possibility?

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