ietf-nntp Currently outstanding issues

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Jeffrey M. Vinocur said:
> Query:  do we want to specify the behavior of the server if a over-long
> command is received?  (In particular, of the four possible behaviors that
> come to mind -- (1) handle the long line, (2) return a syntax error, (3)
> treat the first 512 octets as a command ignoring the remainder, and (4) 
> treat the first 512 octets as a command and then treat the remainder as 
> the next command -- I'd like to require the server to do one of the first 
> two, and not one of the last two.)

Agreed.

I've changed the wording of 501 to:

    If there is a syntax error in the arguments of a recognized command,
    including the case where more arguments are provided than the
    command specifies or the command line is longer than the server
    accepts, the response code 501 MUST be returned.  The line MUST
    NOT be truncated or split and then interpreted.

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