[NNTP] LIST EXTENSIONS (again)

[Ken Murchison]

Mark Crispin wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004, Ken Murchison wrote:
> 
>> OK.  Assuming that we're sticking with
>>    MODE READER
>>    STARTTLS
>>    AUTHINFO
>> I will fix the STARTTLS and AUTHINFO docs to state:
>> "On servers that require the use of the MODE READER command, the
>> STARTTLS/AUTHINFO command can only be used after the MODE READER 
>> command."
> 
> 
> I have a problem with that choice.
> 
> The effect is to break tens (hundreds?) of thousands of deployed Pine 
> clients (and other clients based upon the c-client library), and some 
> unknown number of Diablo servers.
> 
> My impression is that most inn servers will *not* be broken if we choose:
>     STARTTLS
>     AUTHINFO
>     MODE READER

Would Pine gracefully handle "401 MODE-READER" in response to STARTTLS 
or AUTHINFO?  If so, then we already have a simple way out of this.

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