[NNTP] Future-proofing for including capabilities in responses

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> 
> Having said all that (yet again), let me point out that if you really do
> want to put data in the free text, then using a delimiter like [] is a bad
> idea for at least two reasons:
> - it's not unlikely that it's been used already (having semantics in
>   natural languages);
> - it leads to more questions, such as whether you can have multiple []
>   clauses and, if so, which ones have meaning.

Then pick something that isn't likely to appear in the wild, e.g.:

[:  :]  or [!  !] or <?  ?>

Using non-ASCII seems overkill.

I think at this point we've reached consensus that this would only be 
necessary if we want to put the capabilities in the initial greeting (we 
can use a multiline responses elsewhere), so this discussion is probably 
moot.  But I really don't see what the big deal is with putting the 
capabilities in the free text.  IMAP added it and nobody squealed.

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