On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 09:35:22 -0500, mark lewis wrote:

 MB>> I was actually looking at what it would take to implement compression
 MB>> support and noticed CAPABILITIES is required per the RFC.

 ml> which RFC? CAPABILITIES is not required by RFC977 or by RFC-2980...
 ml> JAMNNTPd doesn't suppport 3977, 4643, or 4644... someone has gotten
 ml> something mixed up somewhere... JAMNNTPd is still a Model T... it is not
 ml> a Lexus... you can have any color you want as long as it is black...

Yes the implementation of those commands would extend jammntp to
support 3977 readers.  I am not sure if there is a requirement for
those readers to fallback to 977.

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