[NNTP] Future-proofing for including capabilities in responses

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> Ken Murchison said:
> 
>>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.
> 
> 
> Was it free text in previous versions of the protocol? I can't be bothered
> to go and check, but it's not my memory of the discussion last time.

Yes and no.  Anything after an OK, NO, or BAD response is free text 
unless it appears within "[...]" in which case its a special response 
code.  AFAIK, the original spec talked about response codes, but the 
[CAPABILITY] response code was added well after the fact, thus allowing 
capabilties to appear in a previously all free text banner.

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