[ietf-nntp] Re: AUTHINFO/SASL responses

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Ken Murchison said:
>> Wouldn't that normally be a permanent failure as well (at least for that
>> session)?
> 
> Yeah, you're right.  I was stuck thinking about the whole "close the 
> connection" thing rather than permanent vs. temporary failure.  FWIW, 
> SMTP AUTH uses a 5xx code (permanent) for a failed authentication.
> 
> So I guess we're back to 502 or a new 581 for failed auth.

See other message; 48x is right.

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