[ietf-nntp] Fwd: New NNTP standard in Working Group Last Call

[Charles Lindsey]

In <20040309092148.GD24677 at finch-staff-1.thus.net> "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive at demon.net> writes:

>> 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.)

>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.

May I suggest:

    'and excluding both the "." CRLF terminating the response and any "."
    added for "byte-stuffing" purposes'

You can always rely on De Morgan to get you out of a hole when you are
still digging :-)

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