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From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 13:10:18 -0400
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Subject: New response code needed
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We need a new response code to indicate a transient failure.
This would direct the client to not close the connection, but
to instead re-queue the file for later transmission.  Most
nntp transfer programs give up in 436 or 437.  We need a
	438 try this one later
code.