[NNTP] nntp developing problem

[Russ Allbery]

prasanna.tananthanpillai at wipro.com writes:

> I am developing a nntp server in c (linux domain). This server has to
> respond to queries from MS Outlook. I have a problem in developing i am
> stuck. When the client is started, i make the server respond with 200
> status code. But after the client keeps responding with MODE READER, the
> client just keeps waiting for server to respond. I tried sending various
> status codes but of no avail. but client shows the msg tht it is
> connected. If i dont give any 200 ok, still the client says connected
> but does not send any msg. When i give 200, the client responds with
> MODE READER. How am i to respond to it?

You should respond to MODE READER with the same status code as you
responded to the initial connection.

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Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>