[NNTP] LIST EXTENSIONS (again)

[Andrew - Supernews]

>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Crispin <MRC at CAC.Washington.EDU> writes:

 >> We've already reached a list consensus that 480 responses to MODE
 >> READER will be explicitly banned by the standard.  You may not
 >> have gotten a copy of that, though

 Mark> That's great, but it declares at least one existing deployed
 Mark> implementation (Diablo?) to be broken, right?

Yes.

The workaround for clients (recognising the 480 response to MODE
READER and applying the generic meaning of "authenticate and do that
again") should at least be mentioned as a backward compatibility note,
though, since all the other clients I've looked at so far seem to be
doing that.

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