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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