[NNTP] Re: MODE READER

Kai Henningsen kaih at khms.westfalen.de
Sun Nov 14 07:54:00 PST 2004


clive at demon.net (Clive D.W. Feather)  wrote on 11.11.04 in <20041111132734.GG16030 at finch-staff-1.thus.net>:

> Ken Murchison said:
> > As an aside, what, if any, legacy extensions should a server list via
> > LIST EXTENSIONS for backwards compatibility with existing clients?  Or
> > is the number of clients which use LIST EXTENSIONS too small to worry
> > about, especially if the current LIST EXTENSIONS output can't be trusted?
>
> My intent, when adding CAPABILITY, is to either remove LIST EXTENSIONS
> entirely or, for the benefit of existing clients, to require its output to
> be the extensions part of the CAPABILITY output. If that isn't clear,
> please wait for the draft.

But please use the plural: CAPABILITIES.

MfG Kai



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