[NNTP] [2507] What to do with MODE READER?

Clive D.W. Feather clive at demon.net
Fri Dec 3 06:59:06 PST 2004


Ken Murchison said:
>> Assuming for the moment that we're keeping mode-switching servers, is
>> everyone now happy with the 25-pre4 wording for MODE READER?
> Based on the earlier posts, you'll want to remove the 401 response from 
> the example(s).

Now done.

> Are we still planning on having a MODE_READER capability?  Without this 
> or the 401 response, a 502 response doesn't definitively tell the client 
> that its needs to do MODE READER (unless I'm missing something).

There will be something in the capabilities list, yes.
I don't know what yet.

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