[NNTP] Re: [ietf-nntp] MODE READER and formal specification of extensions

[Russ Allbery]

Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:

> For example, in nntp-24 it states "The LISTGROUP command can only be
> used after MODE READER command".  This seems to *require* the client to
> issue MODE READER, even if not required by the server, before it can use
> LISTGROUP.  I don't *think* this is the intent of the statement - I
> think we're just trying to tag it as a "reader" command.  Perhaps the
> statement should say something along the lines of:

> "On servers that require the use of the MODE READER command, the
> LISTGROUP command can only be used after the MODE READER command."

This sounds like good wording to me.

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