Re: ietf-nntp Initial draft FINALLY available

Rich Salz <rsalz@osf.org> Wed, 02 October 1996 15:39 UTC

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>Nothing in the document (as written) precludes it operating on any other
>port. The document (as written) requires it to use 119 if it is to
>be compliant with the document. It seems that MUST should become SHOULD
>given the messages I have seen so far. More comments from others?

No.  MUST becomes "see elsewhere for the assignment of protocols to ports."

As the Buddhists say, mu.  Unask the question.
	/r$