[NNTP] LISTGROUP

[Ken Murchison]

Russ Allbery wrote:
> As promised, here's my proposed text for LISTGROUP that makes the command
> a mandatory part of READER and adds a range argument.
> 
> This is presented for discussion to see if we can reach consensus that
> this is a good idea.  I'm also copying this to news.software.nntp to get
> more implementor eyes on it.  If this proposal goes into the draft, it
> would mean that in order to claim NNTPv2 compliance, implementing
> LISTGROUP with a range argument would be mandatory.
> 
> Please note that I think there's at least an even chance that the result
> of this discussion will be to reject this idea as too late in the process
> or too different from existing practice, but the idea achieved enough
> support that I wanted to put together a whole proposal.
> 
> 6.1.2  LISTGROUP
> 
> 6.1.2.1  Usage
> 
>    Indicating capability: READER
>    Syntax
>       LISTGROUP [group [range]]
>    Responses
>       211 number low high group   Article numbers follow (multiline)
>       411                         No such newsgroup
>       412                         No newsgroup selected [1]
>    Parameters
>       group  = name of newsgroup
>       range  = number(s) of articles
>       number = estimated number of articles in the group
>       low    = reported low water mark
>       high   = reported high water mark
>    [1] The 412 response can only occur if no group has been specified.

Shouldn't we add a 423 respone for the case where "No articles in that 
range"?


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