2.2.1.2 NNTP_NTLM_Supported_Response Message

If NTLM is supported, the NNTP server will respond with an NNTP message that is prefixed with a status code of 381 to indicate that NTLM is supported. The only useful data in this message is the status code 381. The remaining data is human-readable data and has no impact on the authentication. The syntax of this command in ABNF form is shown below. This message is referred to as NNTP_NTLM_Supported_Response in this document.

 381 <human-readable-string><CR><LF>

<human-readable-string> MUST be ignored by the client.