[NNTP] Notes on auxiliary documents

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Ken Murchison said:
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> But a different privacy extension might still be.
> 
> 483 does NOT REPEAT NOT mean "you must use STARTTLS". It means "you need
> privacy to do this". If it turns out that the only privacy extension you
> have available won't let you do privacy in this context then, yes, you
> should quit and reconnect, but that is not a reason to not use 483. Rather,
> the 483 combined with no available privacy extensions (in the CAPABILITIES
> output) is a signal that you need to quit and reconnect.

Yes, your last point is a good one.  We should probably just stick with 
483 so the client knows for sure why the command failed, and then let it 
determine if it can solve the problem within the current session or 
needs to start another.

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