RFC 977: RFC 977 section 3.1 paragraph 4 disparages the STAT <>...

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Comment by Steve Richfie1d
Submitted on 12/8/2004
Related RFC: RFC 977
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RFC 977 section 3.1 paragraph 4 disparages the STAT <> command, stating that it "is valid but of questionable value". As a result, most servers now simply echo a 223 result with a zero group number. This command is the ONLY WAY of remapping a newsreaders messages from the article numbers of one server to the article numbers of another server when changing NNTP services. That it is presently broken on most services due to its disparagement in the standard is THE reason that you now presently lose all of your "replied", importance flags, etc., when moving from one service to another. Disparagement has no place in ANY standard. The problems that it has caused and continues to cause are now the primary force that keeps people with their present NNTP providers, despite their other problems, just to keep their histories in their NNTP browsers. Now, this disparagement induced bug shapes the entire NNTP marketplace by imparing moving from one service to another. Steve Richfie1d Steve@smart-life.net

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