ietf-nntp Response code issues

[Ken Murchison]

"Clive D.W. Feather" wrote:
> 
> Russ Allbery said:
> > This fits the idea of 5xx as a permanent failure and 4xx as a temporary
> > failure.
> 
> Which reminds me: LIST EXTENSIONS has a response code 402 meaning "server
> has no extensions". This is equally well indicated by a 202 response
> followed by an empty list, but the present text says that 402 SHOULD be
> used.
> 
> This isn't really "temporary", and it's not really "failure" either. Why is
> it there? Why is it recommended?

I noticed this on my last reading as well.  I don't like two ways of
doing the same thing, and a 403 code doesn't seem to make sense.  I
agree that an empty 202 response is the way to go.

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