>> Right. Actually, the problem rises when the command isn't strictly
>> formatted as "CMD ARG".  For example, LIST / works, LIST  /
>> doesn't...  I don't think the RFCs would forbid such commands.

You are correct; it doesn't.

However, the argument in the latter case is the two-character string
" /", which probably is not what you want.

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