[NNTP] draft-ietf-nntpext-streaming-02

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Andrew - Supernews said:
>  Clive> The problem with closing (or issuing a 400, which is far
>  Clive> superior) is that it prevents the client doing anything else,
>  Clive> like newsreading.
> 
> In practice, streaming feeds and newsreading are never done on the
> same connection.

Why is that justification for hardwiring it into the specification for ever
more?

> If for some strange reason the client wants to use
> reader commands, it can reconnect.

And you don't think that's antisocial?

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