ietf-nntp LIST ACTIVE issues

Jeffrey M. Vinocur jeff at litech.org
Mon Mar 24 16:26:16 PST 2003


On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Jeffrey M. Vinocur said:
> >>    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.
> > 
> > I'm a little concerned about the last sentence there.  I mean, a client 
> > has to do *something* should it encounter an unrecognized status.
> 
> Not really. The client can attempt to post, refuse to post, or ask the
> user whether it should attempt to post. That's about all that field tells
> you in practice.

Right, exactly.  So, which of those should the client do if the user tries 
to post to a group with an unrecognized status?


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Jeffrey M. Vinocur
jeff at litech.org




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