15 Feb 2011 20:44
[NNTP] Wording for the "x" status in RFC 6048
Julien ÉLIE <julien <at> trigofacile.com>
2011-02-15 19:44:20 GMT
2011-02-15 19:44:20 GMT
Following a discussion with Alfred Hönes, who reported: > The only place where I got stuck in RFC 6048 was in Section 3.1, > in the 6th paragraph on page 17. The RFC says: > > | A newsgroup with status "x" is a newsgroup with status "n", except > | that articles from peers are not accepted. [...] > > Given the definition from RFC 3977 that you quote slightly above, > at the bottom of page 16, > > "n" Posting is not permitted. > > the "except that" does not make sense to me. > > (In contrast, where the 7th paragraph says ... > > | A newsgroup with status "j" is a newsgroup with status "y", except > | that (1) local postings are not accepted, (2) articles received from > a peer that are crossposted to one or more valid groups are filed > only into those valid groups, and (3) articles received from a peer > that are not crossposted to any valid groups are not filed into any > newsgroup, but are still propagated to other peers, if appropriate. > > ... "except that" makes perfect sense.) > > Reading the subsequent explanations and examples, I conclude that > the RFC 3977 status field values only affect local posting and > are transparent to forwarding behavior. >(Continue reading)
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