[NNTP] 502 and 503

[Russ Allbery]

maurizio codogno <puntomaupunto at tin.it> writes:

> I agree. If the error is transient, the relevant code should be 
> a 4xx, not a 5xx. 
> 503 should mean "never will I do that" :-)

You're thinking SMTP and not NNTP.  4xx and 5xx in NNTP historically have
nothing at all to do with transient vs. permanent.  We're sort of shifting
in that direction vaguely, but we'll never get there entirely.

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