INN commit: trunk/doc/pod (nnrpd.pod)

INN Commit rra at isc.org
Sun Oct 25 10:40:38 UTC 2009


    Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 @ 03:40:37
  Author: iulius
Revision: 8688

Document how nnrpd differs in the implementation of RFC 3977.

Modified:
  trunk/doc/pod/nnrpd.pod

-----------+
 nnrpd.pod |   29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Modified: nnrpd.pod
===================================================================
--- nnrpd.pod	2009-10-24 10:34:27 UTC (rev 8687)
+++ nnrpd.pod	2009-10-25 10:40:37 UTC (rev 8688)
@@ -251,15 +251,21 @@
 
 =item 3.
 
-The XHDR I<header> [I<message-ID>|I<range>] command is implemented.  It is
-based on the reference Unix implementation.  See S<RFC 2980>.
+The XHDR I<header> [I<message-ID>|I<range>] command is implemented.  It
+returns a C<221> reply code, followed by specific headers for the
+specified range; the default is to return the data for the current article.
+See S<RFC 2980>.
 
+Note that HDR should be used instead of XHDR.
+
 =item 4.
 
-The XOVER [I<range>] command is provided. It returns a C<224> reply code,
+The XOVER [I<range>] command is provided.  It returns a C<224> reply code,
 followed by the overview data for the specified range; the default is to
-return the data for the current article.
+return the data for the current article.  See S<RFC 2980>.
 
+Note that OVER should be used instead of XOVER.
+
 =item 5.
 
 A new command, XPAT I<header> I<message-ID>|I<range> I<pattern>
@@ -272,6 +278,21 @@
 response code, followed by the text response of all article numbers that
 match the pattern.
 
+=item 6.
+
+A newsgroup name is case-sensitive for B<nnrpd>.
+
+=item 7.
+
+If IHAVE has been advertised, it will not necessarily be advertised for
+the entire session (contrary to section 3.4.1 of S<RFC 3977>).  B<nnrpd>
+only advertises the IHAVE capability when it is really available.
+
+=item 8.
+
+B<nnrpd> allows a wider syntax for wildmats and ranges (especially C<->
+and C<-I<article-number>>).
+
 =back
 
 =head1 HISTORY




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