[NNTP] Re: MODE READER

[Ken Murchison]

Mark Crispin wrote:

> 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.

Right, it says:

"The AUTHINFO commands can be used before or after the MODE READER
command, with the same semantics."

It doesn't say that AUTHINFO MUST be used prior to mode reader.  How is 
INN non-compliant?  Maybe I'm being thick.

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