ietf-nntp LIST ACTIVE issues

[Russ Allbery]

Clive D W Feather <clive at demon.net> writes:

> The current wording I have is:

>    The status field is typically one of:
   
>    "y" posting is permitted
   
>    "n" posting is not permitted

>    "m" postings will be forwarded to the newsgroup moderator 
      
>    The server SHOULD use these values when these meanings are required
>    and MUST NOT use them with any other meaning. Other values for the
>    status may exist; the definition of these other values and the
>    circumstances under which they are returned may be specified in an
>    extension or may be private to the server. A client SHOULD treat an  
>    unrecognised status as giving no information.
   
>    The status of a newsgroup only indicates how posts to that newsgroup
>    are normally processed and is not necessarily customised to the
>    specific client. For example, if the current client is forbidden from
>    posting, then this will apply equally to groups with status "y".
>    Conversely, a client with special privileges (not defined by this
>    specification) might be able to post to a group with status "n".

> Does anyone see a need to change this?

Not me.  That looks fine to me.

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Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>