[NNTP] Extension snapshots 3

[Clive D.W. Feather]

Jeffrey M. Vinocur said:
> There's something askew grammatically there (the implicit subject of 
> the last clause is "a server," but the verb is "have").  I tried 
> rephrasing:
> 
> "If a server supports the MODE STREAM, CHECK, and TAKETHIS commands, it 
> MUST return a 203 response to the MODE STREAM command (or 501 if an 
> argument is given), [but / and] the command MUST NOT have any other 
> effect."
> 
> But that's a little awkward regardless of if I use "but" or "and"?  I'm 
> having trouble with this one.

"If a server supports the MODE STREAM, CHECK, and TAKETHIS commands, the
MODE STREAM command MUST return a 203 response (or 501 if an argument is
given), [but / and] MUST NOT have any other effect."

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