When you first set up a feed.. here is the transcript:
200 nntp//rss v0.5-beta-1 news server ready
mode reader
200 Hello, you can post
date
500 command not recognized
list
215 list of newsgroups follows
BugsOpen 25 1 n
WikiChanges 15 1 n
SvnAdds 28 1 n
Company 89 1 n
BugsClosed 18 1 n
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newnews * 050602 003507 GMT
230 list of new articles by message-id follows
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quit
205 closing connection - goodbye!