ietf-nntp Draft 17 pre-2

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Ken Murchison said:
>> Code option 1:
>> 
>> * Call LIST EXTENSIONS
>> * Check for 202 return code
>> * Check output for OVER
>> * Set a flag
if OVER present
>> * As required:
>>    * If flag set:
>>      * Call OVER
>>      * Check for 224 versus 423 versus 503
>> 
>> Code option 2:
>> 
>> * As required:
>>    * Call OVER
>>    * Check for 224 versus 423 versus 500
> I would hope that if you get a 500, that you'd set a flag so that you
> don't keeping asking for OVER even though the server tells you that you
> its doesn't support it.

Indeed.

>> Code option 2bis:
>> 
>> * Set a flag
>> * As required:
>>    * If flag set:
>>      * Call OVER
>>      * Check for 224 versus 423 versus 500

Same comment.

> There *are* reasons why POP3, IMAP, and SMTP have extension discovery
> commands, and clients *use* them.

POP3 does?

Which reminds me - why *is* RFC 1939 cited in the draft?

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