[NNTP] Extension snapshots 2

[Ken Murchison]

Russ Allbery wrote:

> Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>http://www.oceana.com/ftp/drafts/draft-ietf-nntpext-authinfo-06pre2.txt
> 
> 
> I believe we should not allow AUTHINFO both before and after MODE READER.
> In other words, if you're going to send MODE READER, do it first before
> you do anything else.  You can either not send it at all or send it as the
> first thing you do, but you can't authenticate, use some transit commands,
> and then send MODE READER to switch over to the reader server.

OK.  So we're going based on what a mode-switching server is capable of 
handling, correct?  I couldn't remember where we stood on this after our 
long thread with Mark Crispin, et al.


> It's not clear to me what the utility of noting whether an extension is a
> transit, reader, or general command, given that they have their own
> capabilities.  Could someone remind me why that's needed?

Umm, I don't recall.  It might have something to do with MODE READER. 
Clive?

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