[NNTP] Capabilities in responses (Was: MODE READER)

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Ken Murchison said:
>> It doesn't matter; you can't rely on it. That's building on sand, not
>> drawing a line in it :-)
> How/why wouldn't it be reliable?

Apart from anything else, because a malicious implementation could cause
all kinds of hassle while remaining technically conforming to 977.

Let's see if we can find a cleaner answer.

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