ietf-nntp TLS and AUTHINFO interaction

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Russ Allbery said:
> Hm... is it kosher to have LIST EXTENSIONS change after authentication?

We say it can change after MODE READER, so why not?

> But if we could avoid making the client reissue LIST EXTENSIONS after
> authentication, I think I'd prefer it.  Hm.  But I guess I don't have that
> strong of an opinion.

Since LIST EXTENSIONS is (or at least should be) a pure descriptive and
stateless command, I have no problems with this. What I object to is the
idea that other state changes when LIST EXTENSIONS is issued.

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