[NNTP] [2507] What to do with MODE READER?
Clive D.W. Feather
clive at demon.net
Tue Nov 30 01:17:39 PST 2004
Issue: what do we do with the MODE READER command? Make it optional on
servers that aren't mode-switching?
Ken Murchison said:
> 2507: I don't think it needs to be mandatory, but general/reader
> servers SHOULD implement it (at least as a no-op) and always return
> 200/201.
Personally I think it should be mandatory. The effort of returning a fixed
code isn't exactly big.
> Transit-only servers can probably return whatever code
> corresponds to "unimplemented" (500/503).
502 - see other discussions.
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