rfc1036 December 1987
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Network Working Group M. Horton
Request for Comments: 1036 AT&T Bell Laboratories
Obsoletes: RFC-850 R. Adams
Center for Seismic Studies
December 1987
Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages
STATUS OF THIS MEMO
This document defines the standard format for the interchange of
network News messages among USENET hosts. It updates and replaces
RFC-850, reflecting version B2.11 of the News program. This memo is
disributed as an RFC to make this information easily accessible to
the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.
Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
1. Introduction
2. Message Format
2.1. Required Header lines
2.1.1. From
2.1.2. Date
2.1.3. Newsgroups
2.1.4. Subject
2.1.5. Message-ID
2.1.6. Path
2.2. Optional Headers
2.2.1. Reply-To
2.2.2. Sender
2.2.3. Followup-To
2.2.4. Expires
2.2.5. References
2.2.6. Control
2.2.7. Distribution
2.2.8. Organization
2.2.9. Keywords
2.2.10. Summary
2.2.11. Approved
2.2.12. Lines
2.2.13. Xref
3. Control Messages
3.1. Cancel
3.2. Ihave/Sendme
3.3. Newgroup
3.4. Rmgroup
3.5. Sendsys
3.6. Version
3.7. Checkgroups
4. Transmission Methods
4.1. Remote Execution
4.2. Transfer by Mail
4.3. Batching
5. The News Propagation Algorithm
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