[NNTP] LIST EXTENSIONS and an NNTPv2 capability

[Charles Lindsey]

In <416FCD30.40906 at oceana.com> Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:

>Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

>>>The proposed solution is this:  Specify in our base draft that any server
>>>that fully complies with the new specification advertise the NNTPv2
>>>capability as part of LIST EXTENSIONS.
>> 
>> 
>> Right, stop here. I don't like this idea. It's a kludge, and an unstructured
>> one at that.

>I disagree that its a kludge, it simply states that the server is 
>compliant with RFC 977bis.  Any server which does not advertise it, is 
>at best compliant with RFC 977 and LIST EXTENSIONS may or may not be 
>accurate (a.k.a. the currently deployed mess).  The beauty is in the 
>simplicity.  As stated earlier, this approach has worked well for IMAP.

FWIW, I am with Clive on this one.

Not that I would necessarily go with his full proposal (perhaps a cut down
version). It might have been a good thing to consider earlier on, but not
at this late stage.

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