[NNTP] Extension snapshots 2

[Charles Lindsey]

In <20050106162641.GS15253 at finch-staff-1.thus.net> "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive at demon.net> writes:

>What I've put in snapshot 6 is:

>   A client MAY use the CAPABILITIES command to determine whether it
>   needs to issue a MODE READER command and SHOULD NOT do so if it is
>   unnecessary.  If the server does not support CAPABILITIES (and
>   therefore does not conform to this specification), the client MAY use
>   the following heuristic:
>   o  if the client wishes to use the IHAVE command, it SHOULD NOT use
>      the MODE READER command or any command that is not marked as 
>      mandatory in this specification;

No, that is not right. We say somewhere that you MAY provide IHAVE when in
READER mode (though its detailed bahaviour may be slightly different).

>   o  otherwise the client SHOULD use the MODE READER command
>      immediately after the initial connection, and then SHOULD NOT use
>      the IHAVE command.

Ditto.

OK, in actual practice, I currently use IHAVE in READER mode, but only
because I am not authorized for TRANSIT mode (i.e. I start off in NNRPD).
But I don't see why it should not be possible to get into that same state
(even though one might have the necessary authority) by issuing MODE
READER.

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