[NNTP] Notes on auxiliary documents

[Russ Allbery]

Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:
> Russ Allbery wrote:

>> If we keep MODE READER, we're unfortunately probably going to have to
>> put in an exception for it, just to make that clear.

> I assume you mean that we can't discard the MODE READER state change,
> correct?

Right.

>> Likewise.  I think most clients that are going to negotiate a privacy
>> layer are doing it on initial connection right now.

> Which makes me think about whether 483 makes any sense after
> authentication.  If I've already authenticated without a privacy layer,
> but a group I'm trying to access requires privacy, the only thing I can
> do is quit and reconnect, since neither re-authentication nor STARTLS
> after authentication are allowed.

Good point.  Sounds like that should become a 502 in that situation.

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