[NNTP] Re: New NNTP drafts approaching IETF Last Call

[Charles Lindsey]

In <20050315121806.GO89371 at finch-staff-1.thus.net> "Clive D.W. Feather" <clive at demon.net> writes:

>Charles Lindsey said:

>> However, the wording in the present draft is slightly misleading, since it
>> seems to suggest that the arbitrary mixture of octets might contain NUL or
>> naked CR or LF. So perhaps the second sentence would better say:

>It doesn't need anything saying. This paragraph is a NOTE. The normative
>text is item 1 of the numbered list immediately before it.

Sure, but even NOTEs have to be well written. Clearly, Mark DID
misunderstand it. Therefore there MIGHT be some benefit in considering
alternative wordings.

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