usefor-article-03 February 2000

6.7.  Followup-To

   The Followup-To header specifies which newsgroup(s) followups should
   be posted to.

      Followup-To-content = Newsgroups-content / "poster"

   The syntax is the same as that of the Newsgroups-content, with the
   exception that the magic word "poster" is allowed. In the absence of
   a Followup-To header, the default newsgroup(s) for a followup are
   those in the Newsgroups header, and for this reason the Followup-To
   header SHOULD NOT be included if it just duplicates the Newsgroups
   header.

   A Followup-To header consisting of the magic word "poster" indicates
   that the author requests no followups to be sent in response to this
   article, only personal replies to the article's reply address.

--- ../s-o-1036/Followup-To.out          June 1994
+++ ../usefor-article-03/Followup-To.out          February 2000
@@ -1,45 +1,18 @@
-6.1. Followup-To
+6.7.  Followup-To
 
-The Followup-To header contents specify  which  newsgroup(s)
-followups should be posted to:
+   The Followup-To header specifies which newsgroup(s) followups should
+   be posted to.
 
      Followup-To-content = Newsgroups-content / "poster"
 
-The  syntax  is  the same as that of the Newsgroups content,
-with the exception that the magic word "poster"  means  that
-followups  should  be  mailed to the article's reply address
-rather than posted.  In  the  absence  of  Followup-To,  the
-default  newsgroup(s)  for a followup are those in the News-
-groups header.
-
-     NOTE: The way to request that followups be  mailed
-     to  a specific address other than that in the From
-     line is  to  supply  "Followup-To: poster"  and  a
-     Reply-To header.  Putting a mailing address in the
-     Followup-To  line  is  incorrect;  posting  agents
-     should reject or rewrite such headers.
-
-     NOTE:   There  is  no  syntax  for  "no  followups
-     allowed"  because   "Followup-To: poster"   accom-
-     plishes this effect without extra machinery.
-
-Although it is generally desirable to limit followups to the
-smallest reasonable set of newsgroups, especially  when  the
-precursor was cross-posted widely, posting agents SHOULD not
-supply a Followup-To header except at the poster's  explicit
-request.
-
-     NOTE: In particular, it is incorrect for the post-
-     ing agent to assume that  followups  to  a  cross-
-     posted  article  should  be  directed to the first
-     newsgroup only.  Trimming the list  of  newsgroups
-
-INTERNET DRAFT to be        NEWS                    sec. 6.1
-
-
-     should  be  the poster's decision, not the posting
-     agent's.  However, when an article is to be cross-
-     posted  to  a considerable number of newsgroups, a
-     posting agent might wish to SUGGEST to the  poster
-     that followups go to a shorter list.
+   The syntax is the same as that of the Newsgroups-content, with the
+   exception that the magic word "poster" is allowed. In the absence of
+   a Followup-To header, the default newsgroup(s) for a followup are
+   those in the Newsgroups header, and for this reason the Followup-To
+   header SHOULD NOT be included if it just duplicates the Newsgroups
+   header.
+
+   A Followup-To header consisting of the magic word "poster" indicates
+   that the author requests no followups to be sent in response to this
+   article, only personal replies to the article's reply address.