[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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