[ietf-nntp] draft-ietf-nntpext-streaming-01.txt

[Charles Lindsey]

In <874qsqdj8f.fsf at windlord.stanford.edu> Russ Allbery <rra at stanford.edu> writes:

>> I don't ever like the idea of using LIST EXTENSIONS to set state in the
>> server.

>MODE STREAM doesn't set state on the server.  That's my point.  MODE
>STREAM is nothing more or less than a single-feature version of LIST
>EXTENSIONS.

But are we quite sure? Maybe some server finds it convenient for whatever
reason to change its state. If not, why was this command ever invented?

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