[NNTP] draft-ietf-nntpext-streaming-02
Clive D.W. Feather
clive at demon.net
Fri Oct 15 03:24:33 PDT 2004
Russ Allbery said:
> So from a protocol standpoint, you believe the situations under which a
> server might return a deferral to TAKETHIS or IHAVE are better handled by
> just closing the connection without a response instead?
The problem with closing (or issuing a 400, which is far superior) is that
it prevents the client doing anything else, like newsreading.
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