nntp-extensions Renaming the SEARCH extensions

[Brian Hernacki]

Nat Ballou wrote:
> It turns out that Microsoft will ship in the next week an
> implementation of the search draft that will use the
> extension name SEARCH.  This release has
> been out in beta for several months using the SEARCH
> extension name, since this has been the extension
> name used in all versions of the search draft.
> 
> As I'm sure there will be other changes to the search
> draft both as a result of RFC977bis work as well as
> discussions of the search draft on the full mailing list, I view
> this as a minor issue.  Specifically, both Netscape and
> Microsoft will likely have to release another update to cover
> changes as a result of these discussions.

Sounds like the same lines I was thinking along. We'll update our server
and clients once SEARCH is official.

Unless some really objects, let's change the name of the extension and
reccomend that no one implement with that name until the draft is
finalized.

--brian