HDR and OVER
Russ Allbery
rra at stanford.edu
Sat Aug 23 17:24:15 UTC 2008
Julien ÉLIE <julien at trigofacile.com> writes:
> I see that HDR and OVER are (exactly?) our current XHDR and XOVER commands.
> (OVER would then be without the capability OVER MSGID.)
I'm fairly sure that we don't implement the protocol exactly as specified,
although I don't remember now what the problem was. There was some reason
why we weren't providing HDR and OVER, though. Note the comment:
/*
** XHDR and XPAT extensions. Note that HDR as specified in the new NNTP
** draft works differently than XHDR has historically, so don't just use this
** function to implement it without reviewing the differences.
*/
It needs a careful review, particularly in edge cases and error codes,
before we advertise it as HDR or OVER.
> Have the four commands XHDR, XOVER, HDR and OVER?
That's the right approach in the long run, with the appropriate responses
in CAPABILITIES.
> If yes, should the four commands appear in HELP? What for CAPABILITIES?
> (Should it return XHDR and XOVER?)
CAPABILITIES should only list documented extensions. XHDR and XOVER
aren't documented extensions, just legacy commands. But yes, they should
all be listed in help.
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