09 Nov 16 07:59, you wrote to me:

 ml>> properly if they are issuing MODE READER without first ensuring that
 ml>> MODE-READER is available in the CAPABILITIES of the news server...
 ml>> especially if the news server is not a switching server as described
 ml>> by the RFC...

 RC> And JamNNTPd does not respond to the CAPABILITIES command, so how do
 RC> the clients know?

because the lack of the CAPABILITIES is enough to tell them that it is not a
mode switching server...

  if CAPABILITIES then {
    if MODE-READER then {
      MODE READER
    }
  else
    // not a mode switching server
    // use standard article retrieval commands
  }

plus they could simply look at HELP and see if CAPABILITIES exists instead of
issuing a command that could fail...

 RC> thunderturkey doesn't issue that command before issuing MODE READER

interesting... i've never looked but t-bird is one of the news readers i use to
test my news server with...

 RC> Neither does PAN, or KNode..

 RC> thrunderturkey just ignores the 500 response and issues LIST.

seems that more than one news reader has it wrong, then... or maybe t-bird has
it right and the others are wrong for terminating...

 RC> I'd have to dig through the RFC, but I would say that is wrong..

the RFC can't be wrong... the RFC is what the rules are... software has to
comply with the RFCs it supports...

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