usefor-article-04 April 2001

1.3.  Historical Outline

   Network news originated as the medium of communication for Usenet,
   circa 1980.  Since then, Usenet has grown explosively, and many
   Internet and non-Internet sites participate in it.  In addition, the
   news technology is now in widespread use for other purposes, on the
   Internet and elsewhere.

   The earliest news interchange used the so-called "A News" article
   format.  Shortly thereafter, an article format vaguely resembling
   Internet mail was devised and used briefly.  Both of those formats
   are completely obsolete; they are documented in Appendix A.1 and
   Appendix A.2 for historical reasons only.  With publication of [RFC
   850] in 1983, news articles came to closely resemble Internet mail
   messages, with some restrictions and some additional headers. [RFC
   1036] in 1987 updated [RFC 850] without making major changes.

   A Draft popularly referred to as "Son of 1036" [Son-of-1036] was
   written in 1994 by Henry Spencer. That document formed the original
   basis for this standard. Much is taken directly from Son of 1036, and
   it is hoped that we have followed its spirit and intentions.

--- ../usefor-article-03/Historical_Outline.out          February 2000
+++ ../usefor-article-04/Historical_Outline.out          April 2001
@@ -9,14 +9,11 @@
    The earliest news interchange used the so-called "A News" article
    format.  Shortly thereafter, an article format vaguely resembling
    Internet mail was devised and used briefly.  Both of those formats
-   are completely obsolete; they are documented in A.1 for historical
-   reasons only.  With publication of [RFC 850] in 1983, news articles
-   came to closely resemble Internet mail messages, with some
-   restrictions and some additional headers. [RFC 1036] in 1987 updated
-   [RFC 850] without making major changes.
-[There should also be some mention of B News and its Appendix.
-Alternatively, these appendices may go into some separate informational
-RFC.]
+   are completely obsolete; they are documented in Appendix A.1 and
+   Appendix A.2 for historical reasons only.  With publication of [RFC
+   850] in 1983, news articles came to closely resemble Internet mail
+   messages, with some restrictions and some additional headers. [RFC
+   1036] in 1987 updated [RFC 850] without making major changes.
 
    A Draft popularly referred to as "Son of 1036" [Son-of-1036] was
    written in 1994 by Henry Spencer. That document formed the original