[ietf-nntp] Re: AUTHINFO/SASL responses

[Russ Allbery]

Clive D W Feather <clive at demon.net> writes:
> Russ Allbery said:

>> 3 is a syntax error, yes.  Unfortunately, we use the same error code
>> for syntax errors and unsupported subcommands.

> Mumble. That's historical, and we don't have to perpetuate it when it's
> beneficial to do otherwise. Compare the discussion on 281 and 283. I
> think this one case of bad base64-encoding is worth keeping distinct.

I'm not sure that I really want to see every extension introduce a new
error code for syntax errors, but since this is specifically for base64
encoding problems, I guess I don't have a strong opinion and don't really
care that much.

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Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>