[ietf-nntp] Fwd: New NNTP standard in Working Group Last Call
Ken Murchison
ken at oceana.com
Tue Mar 9 07:58:19 PST 2004
Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> Russ Allbery said:
>
>>Some minor comments from news.software.nntp.
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>
> I'll also answer in the group.
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>
>>8.4 'case sensistive'
>>-> 'case-sensitive'
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> It doesn't matter how much you try, there's always one slips through.
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>>8.4.1 'and not including either the "." CRLF terminating the response nor
>>any "." added for "byte-stuffing" purposes'
>>-> The meaning is clear, but is "not ... either ... nor any" OK? (I would
>>use 'or' in stead of 'nor' there.)
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> This led me to think. I don't want to say "and includes neither the [dot
> CRLF] nor any [stuffing dot]" because I think it will be misunderstood. On
> the other hand, changing the "nor" to "or" didn't look quite right to me.
I tend to agree with Dr. Ruud. I think this should read either:
"... not including ... or ..."
or
"... including neither ... nor ..."
(My preference would be the latter).
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