[NNTP] Snapshot 6

Clive D.W. Feather clive at demon.net
Tue Jan 11 21:25:58 PST 2005


Peter Robinson said:
> OK, I like that functionality, but it does mean that the following two
> capability responses say different things about the core READER commands
> (e.g. ARTICLE):
> 
> [S] -480 READER POST
> [S] READER
> [S] .
> 
> [S] -480 READER POST
> [S] .

Right.

> Is everyone happy with that?  Is it sufficiently clear/obvious that the
> -480 applies only to POST in the first example?

A client is allowed to ignore the -480 line, so anyone writing a client
should be clear that READER is available in the first instance whether or
not you parse the modifier or not.

> And what does this:
> 
> [S] -480 READER
> [S] -483 READER
> [S] .
> 
> mean?  Is it one or the other, or is it both required to activate
> READER?

Either, because:

  [S] -483 -480 READER

means "privacy, then authentication" required.

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