[ietf-nntp] Re: SASL capability

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Ken Murchison said:
> Question:  What do we do if a server only supports PLAIN and EXTERNAL 
> and a client does LIST EXTENSIONS prior to STARTTLS?  Do we advertise 
> just "AUTHINFO" or "AUTHINFO SASL:" or ???

I think that advertising "I do SASL but have no methods that I'm willing to
offer you right now" is a good idea, so "AUTHINFO SASL:".

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