[NNTP] Snapshot 4

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> As to putting VERSION in the initial line of the response, there's one
> problem. If a server supports two compatible versions of NNTP (let's say 2
> and 3) then the capability line is:
> 
>     VERSION 2 3
> 
> You can't have a variable number of arguments on an initial response line.
> So which one do you have there?

Yes, I thought about this yesterday.  The only solution would be to 
separate the versions with something other than whitespace, e.g.:

VERSION 2,3


BTW, didn't Russ say that he preferred "NNTPv2" to "VERSION 2"?


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