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Sent by a client to tell a server it wants reading commands rather than a peer-to-peer article feed. On INN the server may hand the connection to a separate reader process and return a fresh greeting, which is why some clients issue it immediately after connecting. Pure reader servers accept it as a no-op. Feeding software never sends it.
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