[NNTP] LIST EXTENSIONS and an NNTPv2 capability

Mark Crispin mrc at CAC.Washington.EDU
Tue Nov 2 07:24:33 PST 2004


On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
>>> But I'd certainly like to encourage extensions to indicate both what is
>>> available and what is currently-unavailable, rather than just the former.
>>> And this is something that I'd like to see even if we don't adopt this
>>> STATUS proposal.
>> I don't see why this is necessary.  We really need client authors to
>> weigh in here.  We, as server authors shouldn't be deciding what's good
>> for clients in a vacuum.
> I'd still like to hear from client authors here.

I am an NNTP client author, *not* an NNTP server author.

I agree with Ken Murchison.

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