[NNTP] CAPABILITIES problem!

[Ned Freed]

> 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.
> (3) Change the keyword to something shorter, like SERVER_INFO.

My personal preference would be to bump the limit to 16 or even 32 characters.
12 seems a bit short.

				Ned