[NNTP] DATE: reader or general command

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Ken Murchison said:
> The current pre-drafts have the DATE command listed as a reader command,
> presumably because its typically used with NEWNEWS.

No, it's listed as a reader command because that's what the previous
drafts have said:

    MODE READER SHOULD be sent by any client that intends to use
    any command in this specification (including extensions)
    other than IHAVE, HEAD, STAT, LIST ACTIVE, or LIST EXTENSIONS;

except that I added QUIT for obvious reasons.

I'm happy to shift commands between the various classes based on the
consensus of the working group. Personally I'd move DATE, HELP, and
NEWNEWS to general, and I don't see the logic that says HEAD is general but
ARTICLE isn't. But I'm leaving it up to those who write split-function
servers to decide.

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