[ietf-nntp] OVER message-id

Ken Murchison ken at oceana.com
Mon Dec 29 17:53:07 PST 2003



Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Charles Lindsey said:
> 
>>>I wasn't even going to propose that. Simply say that the OVER <msgid> is
>>>optional; it MAY return 501, but if not MUST behave as described.
>>
>>Yes, I think that is the neatest solution (because we want to record the
>>_proper_ way to do it, to prevent people doing it the "wrong" way).
> 
> 
> That was my thinking. I've now written appropriate wording.
> 
> 
>>DO you want a parameter in the LIST EXTENSIONS result to say whether it is
>>implemented, or do you just try it and see whether you get a 5xx response?

Rather than clutter the OVER and HDR capabilities, I'd suggest just 
returning a 503 response.

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