[ietf-nntp] Wildmat syntax

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Russ Allbery said:
>> Agreed.  My server does it, but I was asking about current deployment
>> for the purposes of writing a client.  How is a client supposed to
>> determine if it can do:
> 
>> LIST ACTIVE wmat1,wmat2
> 
>> or it must do:
> 
>> LIST ACTIVE wmat1
>> LIST ACTIVE wmat2
> 
>> I suppose if the server supports LIST EXTENSIONS, then its a good bet
>> that the client can do the former, otherwise it needs to do the latter.
> 
> Ugh, that's a good point.

However, I don't think it's something we can really allow for in a standard
like this. Anyone conforming will understand the comma. Anyone who doesn't
will not necessarily honour any requirement we make.

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