[NNTP] [2501] Reader commands in transit servers and vice-versa

[Ken Murchison]

Andrew - Supernews wrote:

>>>>>>"Ken" == Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:
> 
> 
>  Ken> Having digested this weekend's posts, here's my current
>  Ken> thinking.
> 
>  Ken> - We have a set of mandatory "core" commands which *all* servers
>  Ken> MUST implement.  The set of "core" commands is defined by the
>  Ken> VERSION capability and as of VERSION 2, these are: CAPABILITIES,
>  Ken> QUIT, HEAD, STAT, LIST ACTIVE
> 
> You can make a good argument that even in that list, HEAD, STAT and
> LIST ACTIVE don't belong. In fact a majority of transit-only
> implementations don't implement at least one of those.

This list is based on the fact that they are all listed as "general" 
commands in the current pre4 draft.  I make no claims as to their 
correctness, but I recall discussion that they are used by some feeding 
clients/servers.

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