ietf-nntp MODE READER

Ken Murchison ken at oceana.com
Thu Mar 13 12:47:25 PST 2003


Section 5.2.2 of draft-ietf-nntpext-base-17 says:

   MODE READER SHOULD be sent by any client that intends to use any
   command other than IHAVE, HEAD, STAT, LIST ACTIVE, LIST EXTENSIONS,
   or commands advertised by the server as available via LIST
   EXTENSIONS.

Why would a peer (non-reading client) use HEAD, STAT or LIST [ACTIVE]? 
Do peers actually try to verify that the server has the group and wants
an article before using IHAVE?  If so, why?  Otherwise, these seem like
reader commands to me.

I'm sure that there is some existing practice for this, but I'm curious.

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