[NNTP] LIST EXTENSIONS (again)
Russ Allbery
rra at stanford.edu
Fri Nov 5 19:33:21 PST 2004
Jeffrey M Vinocur <jeff at litech.org> writes:
> Oof, these extension names (and NOREADER, NOTRANSIT) are kinda making my
> head spin. I think we should try to stick to non-negated names where
> possible. Even something like:
> TRANSIT YES
> READER MODE-READER-REQUIRED
> POST NO
> NEWNEWS NO
> would be less confusing, I think?
I'd rather leave off the YES/NO part if possible. What about something
like:
TRANSIT
READER MODE-READER-REQUIRED
and then after MODE READER something like:
READER
POST
NEWNEWS
That seems like it would work to me.
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Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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