On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 04:20:38PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2005-02-07 14:32:47 +0100, Urs Janßen wrote:
> > LIST EXTENSION isn't specified by an RFC and it looks like that it
> > will never be officially implemented (CAPABILITIES might be it's
> > "replacement"). so officiall we can't blame the netscape server, but
> > usualy INN is regarded as reference implementation so I'd say that
> > expecting an 202 answer is the right thing and the server is
> > 'buggy'. there is still tins problem with unexpected multiline
> > responses and getting out of sync...
> 
> OK. However, in the absence of a specification by an RFC, tin should
> support the Netscape answer.

NNTP usualy doesn't allow two different return-codes for a single
command, so tins code doen't support that.

> > > Tin will try to use XHDR XREF instead (slows down things a bit).
> > > Reading keymap file...
> > > Reading input history file...
> > > Reading mail active file... 
> > > Try and save newsrc file again? (Y/n) Y
> > > 
> > > Then tin freezes.
> > 
> > for me (but this is with the lastest spanshot) it still accepts the
> > 'n' answer. I didn't had a closer look at the code why it doesn't
> > accept 'Y' here.
> 
> Yes, it accepts the 'n', but in this case, it quits immediately.
> Not very useful. :(

in your case with the somewhat broken server it the only usefull
thing todo, as tin is 'out of sync' anyway.

urs
-- 
"Only whimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff
 on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)" - Linus



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