15 Feb 2011 20:47
[NNTP] Consistency in replies to 420 in RFC 3977
Julien ÉLIE <julien <at> trigofacile.com>
2011-02-15 19:47:49 GMT
2011-02-15 19:47:49 GMT
Following a discussion with Alfred Hönes, who reported: > Appendix C, on page 119, says: > > Response code 412 > Generated by: ARTICLE, BODY, GROUP, HDR, HEAD, LAST, LISTGROUP, > NEXT, OVER, STAT > Meaning: no newsgroup selected. > > Response code 420 > Generated by: ARTICLE, BODY, HDR, HEAD, LAST, NEXT, OVER, STAT > Meaning: current article number is invalid. > > Please be aware of the different wording used: > "no newsgroup selected" vs. "current article number is invalid" > > These two phrases, respectively, are used in a totally consistent way, > throughout the RFC, in the specification of possible command responses > when it comes to referring to these two response codes. > > The text, "no newsgroup selected", also appears in all examples > where response code 412 is returned by the server. > > Interestingly enough, all examples in the RFC where the response > code 420 is returned by the server consistently do *not* use the > above quoted phrase from Appendix C, but instead say: > > [S] 420 No current article selected Well seen(Continue reading)![]()
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