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Re: ietf-nntp Initial draft FINALLY available

Stan Barber <sob@academ.com> Wed, 02 October 1996 15:00 UTC

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From: Stan Barber <sob@academ.com>
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> Oh geez.  how many angels can dance on the port of a pin?
> 
> Say something like:  This documents the NNTP protocol.  It has been
> assigned port 119 by IANA [appropriate ref].
> 
> This tells users what to expect at port 119 and doesn't preclude
> running it on other ports, and people saying "we speak NNTP at port 6900'

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?





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