On 2016-11-13 13:07, Rhialto wrote:
> On Sat 12 Nov 2016 at 16:58:32 +0100, Per Hedeland wrote:
>> ...and in case there is interest in it, the attached patch for Pan does
>> just that - I've tested it against what I believe is the server the OP
>> is referring to, in any case it is one that does re
On Sat 12 Nov 2016 at 16:58:32 +0100, Per Hedeland wrote:
> ...and in case there is interest in it, the attached patch for Pan does
> just that - I've tested it against what I believe is the server the OP
> is referring to, in any case it is one that does return 500 for MODE
> READER.
How likely i
On 2016-11-12 16:58, Per Hedeland wrote:
>
> ...and in case there is interest in it, the attached patch for Pan does
> just that - I've tested it against what I believe is the server the OP
> is referring to, in any case it is one that does return 500 for MODE
> READER.
Now also attached to https
On 2016-11-12 15:43, Per Hedeland wrote:
>
> And in the specific case of the MODE READER command, with the specific
> reply code 500 - which means "Command not understood" - it is useful,
> and can even be considered reasonable, to ignore the reply. The client
> doesn't *need* any result from the
On 2016-11-11 15:38, DLSauers wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 10:08:31 +0100, Per Hedeland wrote:
>
>> Understood. A 5xx reply code indicates a fatal error, and the client
>> giving up on the server and disconnecting is the "normal"/default
>> behavior
>
> Pan and KNode do this...
>
> The monkey i
On 2016-11-11 05:17, DLSauers wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:12:16 +0100, Per Hedeland wrote:
>
[snip]
>> And regarding Duncan's mention
>> of what is known as "Postel's principle", a resonable application of
>> that is that if you are an NNTP server that only provides reader
>> service, and a
On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 04:59:55 +, Lacrocivious Acrophosist wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 04:52:51 +, Lacrocivious Acrophosist wrote:
>
> Dammit. I misspelled 'pleistocene'. How can I live with this shame?
Snakes on everything. I also said 'mikedld used it for a bit', he being a
dev on anot
On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 04:52:51 +, Lacrocivious Acrophosist wrote:
Dammit. I misspelled 'pleistocene'. How can I live with this shame?
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 04:19:10 +, Lacrocivious Acrophosist wrote:
Should have put this in my initial reply.
Petr Kovar and I managed some years ago to exhume the Pan IRC channel
from pliestocene sediment, and I got FreeNode to give me chanop for it,
so the Pan IRC channel exists at irc.freeno
On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 23:12:16 +0100, Per Hedeland wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry for top-posting, but I'm afraid my normal interleaved-style reply
> wouldn't be really useful here...
>
> As a bit of background, NNTP hasn't had much interest from the Internet
> standards groups for most of its existence,
Hi,
Sorry for top-posting, but I'm afraid my normal interleaved-style reply
wouldn't be really useful here...
As a bit of background, NNTP hasn't had much interest from the Internet
standards groups for most of its existence, and thus implementations
have made the extensions they needed when they
DLSauers posted on Thu, 10 Nov 2016 02:16:58 + as excerpted:
> I am looking to have a definitive PER *_RFC_* answer that a client
> regardless of SERVER should issue MODE READER, get 500, done, click! Or
> do what one client does, ignore the 500 issue LIST and go on
I'll punt for the mome
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