[NNTP] Re: MODE READER

[Russ Allbery]

Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:

> I'd have no problem with this.  In fact I think Mark's originally
> suggestion was that we should create a new command.  In an effort to
> remain compatible we decided to just add an "NNTPv2" capability to LIST
> EXTENSIONS.  Given our inability to agree on the syntax of this new
> "NNTPv2" capability, let's try the LIST CAPABILITIES (or just
> CAPABILITY) track.

CAPABILITY is a good point.  The LIST command is already a mess, and while
taking this out of it won't completely clean it up, at least we're not
adding to the problem.

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Russ Allbery (rra at stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>