[NNTP] CAPABILITIES problem!

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:

> I can't believe we all missed this. The IANA registry people have just
> pointed it out to me.
> 
> In 3.3.1 we define a capability label as being a keyword.
> In 2 we state that a keyword MUST be at least 3 characters and MUST NOT
>   exceed 12 characters.
> [Both these are repeated in the formal syntax.]
> In 3.3.2 we specify the capability label IMPLEMENTATION.
> 
> Which is 14 characters long.
> 
> Possible solutions:
> (1) Relax the 12 character limit to something longer (where did it come
> from anyway?).
> (2) Relax the requirement for the label to be a keyword.

Either (1) or (2) works for me.


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