[NNTP] LIST EXTENSIONS (again)

[Mark Crispin]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, Russ Allbery wrote:
> INN already does this.  This is the reason why so few people encounter
> this problem; you have to have both transit and reader access from the
> same host.

This is why I think we should just abolish MODE READER and be done with 
it.  Retaining MODE READER defends a very small set of circumstances at 
the cost of inflicting amazing complexity on clients forever.

I also find it remarkable that people glibly talk about changing Pine, a 
widely-deployed client, in order to avoid changing what is probably a 
handful of peers.

-- Mark --

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