New submission from Julien ÉLIE :

+.. method:: NNTP.list(*, file=None) + + Send a ``LIST`` command. Return a pair ``(response, list)`` where *list* is a + list of tuples representing all the groups available from this NNTP server. + Each tuple has the form ``(group, last, first, flag)``, where + *group* is a group name, *last* and *first* are the last and first article + numbers, and *flag* is ``'y'`` if posting is allowed, ``'n'`` if not, + and ``'m'`` if the newsgroup is moderated. (Note the ordering: *last*, *first*.)

There are other values: 'x', 'j', and '=' followed by the name of a newsgroup (alias). I believe the best would be to use what INN mentions in its documentation! (Or otherwise, RFC 3977 and RFC 6048.) http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/inn/docs/active.html It would then give: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... and *flag* usually takes one of these values: y Local postings and articles from peers are allowed. m The group is moderated and all postings must be approved. n No local postings are allowed, only articles from peers. j Articles from peers are filed in the junk group instead. x No local postings, and articles from peers are ignored. =foo.bar Articles are filed in the group foo.bar instead. If *flag* has another value, then the status of the newsgroup should be considered to be unknown. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Can a bullet list be used in the documentation, to properly indent the flag values? ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation, Extension Modules messages: 120162 nosy: docs@python, jelie priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Other status field flags in documentation for NNTP LIST command type: behavior versions: Python 3.2 _______________________________________ Python tracker http://bugs.python.org/issue10285 _______________________________________