[NNTP] Comments on draft-...-authinfo-03

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Russ Allbery said:
>>>> Question to the group: would it be worth adding a flag to show that
>>>> authentication is no longer possible? Something like:
>>>> 
>>>>     AUTHINFO - USER SASL:EXTERNAL

> I'd rather not add more complexity to the syntax right now.

It's not a syntax issue (apart from a trivial adjustment to the formal
syntax), since the arguments to a LIST EXTENSIONS capability can have any
form other than white space.

> I know it's a
> little bit confusing, but I think it's best to leave it as currently
> presented rather than adding a separate flag with a syntax that isn't
> really related to the rest of the protocol.

Shrug. It's your call; I'm not going to die in the ditch on this one.

-- 
Clive D.W. Feather  | Work:  <clive at demon.net>   | Tel:    +44 20 8495 6138
Internet Expert     | Home:  <clive at davros.org>  | Fax:    +44 870 051 9937
Demon Internet      | WWW: http://www.davros.org | Mobile: +44 7973 377646
Thus plc            |                            |