[NNTP] Snapshot 4

Ken Murchison ken at oceana.com
Fri Dec 3 08:16:46 PST 2004


Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> Russ Allbery said:
>>But surely this wouldn't be done on an automated basis, and a human could
>>look at the initial greeting as well.  Yes, a server could not advertise
>>its implementation in the greeting, but in that case it probably wouldn't
>>provide a SERVER capability either.
> 
> 
> A client might well log the SERVER (now IMPLEMENTATION) capability line and
> include it in automated error reports. It's far less likely to log the
> comment field of the initial greeting.

Yes, this was the point I was trying to make.  Thank you for clarifying it.

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