[NNTP] Re: MODE READER

Mark Crispin mrc at CAC.Washington.EDU
Thu Nov 4 11:50:34 PST 2004


On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Ken Murchison wrote:
>>> Because INN certainly doesn't allow authentication to happen before a
>>> _required_ MODE READER
>> In that case, INN is not compliant with the AUTHINFO draft.
> If there is text in AUTHINFO which either explicitly or implicitly states 
> that MODE READER can't be used before authentication, please point it out so 
> I can fix it.  This certainly wasn't the intent of the document.

There is text in AUTHINFO which states that authentication can be used 
before MODE READER.

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