[NNTP] 500 v 501

[Charles Lindsey]

In <20050105161215.GY79795 at finch-staff-1.thus.net> "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive at demon.net> writes:

>Since we're revisiting this area ...

>If a command like LIST ACTIVE is not implemented, the response code is:
>* 500 if LIST itself is not implemented;
>* 501 if other LIST commands *are* implemented.
>The logic for this was that the command is LIST and it has a number of
>variants; picking the wrong variant is a syntax error.

>Do we want to retain this, or do we want to say that some commands have two
>parts to the name and so 500 is always the right response?

I like it as it is (i.e. 500 + 501).

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