ietf-nntp Generic Response Codes wording

[Peter Robinson]

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

> Peter Robinson said:
>
> > It is very easy to misread the following:
> > 
> >  | With the exception of mandatory commands and the 500 response,
> >  | the client MUST be prepared to receive any of these responses
> >  | for any command. 
> > 
> > as two separate exceptions (i.e. as saying that the client need not
> > generally be prepared to receive a 500 response, and need not be
> > prepared to receive any generic responses to mandatory commands).
> 
> True.
> 
> > I suggest this:
> > 
> >   With the exception of the 500 response to mandatory commands,
> >   the client MUST be prepared to receive any of these responses
> >   for any command.
> 
> I'm not sure that fixes it.

No?  I don't see that.  Either I am too close, or I don't understand the
intended meaning.  Can you suggest alternative wording that does fix it?

Peter