Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) Parameters

Created
2005-07-12
Last Updated
2006-11-07

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Registry included below

NNTP capability labels

Reference
[RFC3977]
Note
All capability labels in the registry MUST consist only of US-ASCII
letters, digits, and the characters dot (".") and dash ("-"), and
MUST begin with a letter other than X.  They MUST be at least
three characters.
Registration Procedures
Labels beginning with X are reserved for private use. All others: Standards Track RFC or an IESG-approved experimental protocol
Label Meaning Reference
AUTHINFO Authentication [RFC4643]
HDR Batched header retrieval [RFC3977]
IHAVE IHAVE command available [RFC3977]
IMPLEMENTATION Server implementation-specific information [RFC3977]
LIST LIST command variants [RFC3977]
MODE-READER Mode-switching server and MODE READER command available [RFC3977]
NEWNEWS NEWNEWS command available [RFC3977]
OVER Overview support [RFC3977]
POST POST command available [RFC3977]
READER Reader commands available [RFC3977]
SASL Supported SASL mechanisms [RFC4643]
STARTTLS Transport layer security [RFC4642]
STREAMING Streaming feeds [RFC4644]
VERSION Supported NNTP versions [RFC3977]