[ietf-nntp] draft21.pre-2

Clive D.W. Feather clive at demon.net
Fri Mar 5 12:26:11 PST 2004


Russ Allbery said:
>> The argument for this is that we have gone to great lengths to allow the
>> client to determine which optional parts of the protocol are supported
>> by simply calling LIST EXTENSIONS.  Skipping this for OVER by msgid and
>> forcing the the client to use trial and error seems like a step
>> backwards (or at least not a step forwards).
> 
>> Unless there is a good technical reason why we shouldn't/can't do this,
>> I think we should add it just for completeness sake.
> 
> Yeah, I think that's a perfectly reasonable and persuasive argument.

Okay, I'll do it over the weekend and then send draft 21 for publication.

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