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INTERNET-DRAFT                               Charles H. Lindsey
Usenet Format Working Group                  University of Manchester
                                   April 2001

                News Article Format
         <draft-ietf-usefor-article-04.txt>

Status of this Memo

   This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with
   all provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026.

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Abstract

   This Draft defines the format of Netnews articles and specifies
   the requirements to be met by software which originates,
   distributes, stores and displays them. It is intended as a
   standards track document, superseding RFC 1036, which itself dates
   from 1987.

   Since the 1980s, Usenet has grown explosively, and many Internet and
   non-Internet sites now participate. In addition, this technology is
   now in widespread use for other purposes.

   Backward compatibility has been a major goal of this endeavour, but
   where this standard and earlier documents or practices conflict, this
   standard should be followed. In most such cases, current practice is
   already compatible with these changes.

[The use of the words "this standard" within this document when
referring to itself does not imply that this draft yet has pretensions
to be a standard, but rather indicates what will become the case if and
when it is accepted as an RFC with the status of a proposed or draft
standard.]
[Remarks enclosed in square brackets and aligned with the left margin,
such as this one, are not part of this draft, but are editorial notes to
explain matters amongst ourselves, or to point out alternatives, or to
indicate work yet to be done.]

[Please note that this Draft describes "Work in Progress". Much remains
to be done, though the material included so far is unlikely to change in
any major way.]


                 Table of Contents

1.  Introduction ..................................................    5
  1.1.  Basic Concepts ............................................    5
  1.2.  Objectives ................................................    6
  1.3.  Historical Outline ........................................    6
  1.4.  Transport .................................................    6
2.  Definitions, Notations and Conventions ........................    6
  2.1.  Definitions.  .............................................    7
  2.2.  Textual Notations .........................................    8
  2.3.  Relation To Mail and MIME .................................    9
  2.4.  Syntax Notation ...........................................   10
  2.5.  Language ..................................................   12
3.  Changes to the existing protocols .............................   13
  3.1.  Principal Changes .........................................   13
  3.2.  Transitional Arrangements .................................   13
4.  Basic Format ..................................................   15
  4.1.  Syntax of News Articles ...................................   15
  4.2.  Headers ...................................................   16
    4.2.1.  Names and Contents ....................................   16
    4.2.2.  Header Properties .....................................   17
      4.2.2.1.  Experimental Headers ..............................   17
      4.2.2.2.  Inheritable Headers ...............................   18
      4.2.2.3.  Local Headers .....................................   18
      4.2.2.4.  Variant Headers ...................................   18
    4.2.3.  White Space and Continuations .........................   18
    4.2.4.  Comments ..............................................   19
    4.2.5.  Undesirable Headers ...................................   20
  4.3.  Body ......................................................   20
    4.3.1.  Body Format Issues ....................................   20
    4.3.2.  Body Conventions ......................................   21
  4.4.  Characters and Character Sets .............................   22
    4.4.1.  Character Sets within Article Headers .................   23
    4.4.2.  Character Sets within Article Bodies ..................   24
  4.5.  Size Limits ...............................................   24
  4.6.  Example ...................................................   25
5.  Mandatory Headers .............................................   26
  5.1.  Date ......................................................   26
    5.1.1.  Examples ..............................................   26
  5.2.  From ......................................................   27
    5.2.1.  Examples:  ............................................   27
  5.3.  Message-ID ................................................   28
  5.4.  Subject ...................................................   28
    5.4.1.  Examples ..............................................   29
  5.5.  Newsgroups ................................................   29
    5.5.1.  Forbidden newsgroup names .............................   31
  5.6.  Path ......................................................   32
    5.6.1.  Format ................................................   32
    5.6.2.  Adding a path-identity to the Path header .............   33
    5.6.3.  The tail-entry ........................................   34
    5.6.4.  Delimiter Summary .....................................   35
    5.6.5.  Suggested Verification Methods ........................   35
    5.6.6.  Example ...............................................   36
6.  Optional Headers ..............................................   37
  6.1.  Reply-To ..................................................   37
    6.1.1.  Examples ..............................................   38
  6.2.  Sender ....................................................   38
  6.3.  Organization ..............................................   38
  6.4.  Keywords ..................................................   38
  6.5.  Summary ...................................................   39
  6.6.  Distribution ..............................................   39
  6.7.  Followup-To ...............................................   40
  6.8.  Mail-Copies-To ............................................   41
  6.9.  Posted-And-Mailed .........................................   42
  6.10.  References ...............................................   42
    6.10.1.  Examples .............................................   43
  6.11.  Expires ..................................................   43
  6.12.  Archive ..................................................   43
  6.13.  Control ..................................................   44
  6.14.  Approved .................................................   44
  6.15.  Replaces / Supersedes ....................................   45
    6.15.1.  Syntax and Semantics .................................   45
    6.15.2.  Message-ID version procedure .........................   46
      6.15.2.1.  Message version numbers ..........................   47
      6.15.2.2.  Implementation and Use Note ......................   48
      6.15.2.3.  The Message-Version NNTP extension ...............   50
      6.15.2.4.  Examples .........................................   50
  6.16.  Xref .....................................................   51
  6.17.  Lines ....................................................   53
  6.18.  User-Agent ...............................................   53
    6.18.1.  Examples .............................................   54
  6.19.  Injector-Info ............................................   54
    6.19.1.  Usage of Injector-Info-header-parameters .............   56
      6.19.1.1.  The posting-host-parameter .......................   56
      6.19.1.2.  The posting-account-parameter ....................   57
      6.19.1.3.  The posting-sender-parameter .....................   57
      6.19.1.4.  The posting-logging-parameter ....................   57
      6.19.1.5.  The posting-date-parameter .......................   57
    6.19.2.  Example ..............................................   57
  6.20.  Complaints-To ............................................   57
  6.21.  MIME headers .............................................   58
    6.21.1.  Syntax ...............................................   58
    6.21.2.  Content-Transfer-Encoding ............................   58
    6.21.3.  Content-Type .........................................   59
      6.21.3.1.  Message/partial ..................................   59
      6.21.3.2.  Message/rfc822 ...................................   60
      6.21.3.3.  Message/external-body ............................   60
      6.21.3.4.  Multipart types ..................................   61
    6.21.4.  Character Sets .......................................   61
    6.21.5.  Content Disposition ..................................   61
    6.21.6.  Definition of some new Content-Types .................   61
      6.21.6.1.  Application/news-transmission ....................   62
      6.21.6.2.  Message/news withdrawn ...........................   63
  6.22.  Obsolete Headers .........................................   63
7.  Control Messages ..............................................   63
  7.1.  The 'newgroup' Control Message ............................   64
    7.1.1.  The Body of the 'newgroup' Control Message ............   65
    7.1.2.  Application/news-groupinfo ............................   65
    7.1.3.  Initial Articles ......................................   67
    7.1.4.  Example ...............................................   67
  7.2.  The 'rmgroup' Control Message .............................   68
    7.2.1.  Example ...............................................   69
  7.3.  The 'mvgroup' Control Message .............................   69
    7.3.1.  Single group ..........................................   69
    7.3.2.  Multiple Groups .......................................   70
    7.3.3.  Examples ..............................................   70
  7.4.  The 'checkgroups' Control Message .........................   71
    7.4.1.  Application/news-checkgroups ..........................   72
  7.5.  Cancel ....................................................   73
  7.6.  Ihave, sendme .............................................   74
  7.7.  Obsolete control messages.  ...............................   75
8.  Duties of Various Agents ......................................   76
  8.1.  General principles to be followed .........................   76
  8.2.  Duties of an Injecting Agent ..............................   76
    8.2.1.  Proto-articles ........................................   77
    8.2.2.  Procedure to be followed by Injecting Agents ..........   77
  8.3.  Duties of a Relaying Agent ................................   78
  8.4.  Duties of a Serving Agent .................................   79
  8.5.  Duties of a Posting Agent .................................   80
  8.6.  Duties of a Followup Agent ................................   80
  8.7.  Duties of a Moderator .....................................   81
  8.8.  Duties of a Gateway .......................................   82
    8.8.1.  Duties of an Outgoing Gateway .........................   83
    8.8.2.  Duties of an Incoming Gateway .........................   84
    8.8.3.  Example ...............................................   86
9.  Security and Related Considerations ...........................   87
  9.1.  Leakage ...................................................   87
  9.2.  Attacks ...................................................   87
    9.2.1.  Denial of Service .....................................   87
    9.2.2.  Compromise of System Integrity ........................   88
  9.3.  Liability .................................................   89
10.  References ...................................................   90
11.  Acknowledgements .............................................   92
12.  Contact Addresses ............................................   92
13.  Intellectual Property Rights .................................   92
Appendix A.1 - A-News Article Format ..............................   93
Appendix A.2 - Early B-News Article Format ........................   94
Appendix A.3 - Obsolete Headers ...................................   95
Appendix A.4 - Obsolete Control Messages ..........................   95
Appendix B - Collected Syntax .....................................   96
1. Introduction
1.1. Basic Concepts
1.2. Objectives
1.3. Historical Outline
1.4. Transport
2. Definitions, Notations and Conventions
2.1. Definitions.
2.2. Textual Notations
2.3. Relation To Mail and MIME
2.4. Syntax Notation
2.5. Language
3. Changes to the existing protocols
3.1. Principal Changes
3.2. Transitional Arrangements
4. Basic Format
4.1. Syntax of News Articles
4.2. Headers
4.2.1. Names and Contents
4.2.2. Header Properties
4.2.2.1. Experimental Headers
4.2.2.2. Inheritable Headers
4.2.2.3. Local Headers
4.2.2.4. Variant Headers
4.2.3. White Space and Continuations
4.2.4. Comments
4.2.5. Undesirable Headers
4.3. Body
4.3.1. Body Format Issues
4.3.2. Body Conventions
4.4. Characters and Character Sets
4.4.1. Character Sets within Article Headers
4.4.2. Character Sets within Article Bodies
4.5. Size Limits
4.6. Example
5. Mandatory Headers
5.1. Date
5.1.1. Examples
5.2. From
5.2.1. Examples:
5.3. Message-ID
5.4. Subject
5.4.1. Examples
5.5. Newsgroups
5.5.1. Forbidden newsgroup names
5.6. Path
5.6.1. Format
5.6.2. Adding a path-identity to the Path header
5.6.3. The tail-entry
5.6.4. Delimiter Summary
5.6.5. Suggested Verification Methods
5.6.6. Example
6. Optional Headers
6.1. Reply-To
6.1.1. Examples
6.2. Sender
6.3. Organization
6.4. Keywords
6.5. Summary
6.6. Distribution
6.7. Followup-To
6.8. Mail-Copies-To
6.9. Posted-And-Mailed
6.10. References
6.10.1. Examples
6.11. Expires
6.12. Archive
6.13. Control
6.14. Approved
6.15. Replaces / Supersedes
6.15.1. Syntax and Semantics
6.15.2. Message-ID version procedure
6.15.2.1. Message version numbers
6.15.2.2. Implementation and Use Note
4. Provide a call to a routine which, if asked to retrieve any message
6. You are supposed to cancel the replaced/superseded article. If you
7. Having said all that, here follows a brief account of the same thing,
6.15.2.3. The Message-Version NNTP extension
6.15.2.4. Examples
6.16. Xref
6.17. Lines
6.18. User-Agent
6.18.1. Examples
6.19. Injector-Info
6.19.1. Usage of Injector-Info-header-parameters
6.19.1.1. The posting-host-parameter
6.19.1.2. The posting-account-parameter
6.19.1.3. The posting-sender-parameter
6.19.1.4. The posting-logging-parameter
6.19.1.5. The posting-date-parameter
6.19.2. Example
6.20. Complaints-To
6.21. MIME headers
6.21.1. Syntax
6.21.2. Content-Transfer-Encoding
6.21.3. Content-Type
6.21.3.1. Message/partial
6.21.3.2. Message/rfc822
6.21.3.3. Message/external-body
6.21.3.4. Multipart types
6.21.4. Character Sets
6.21.5. Content Disposition
6.21.6. Definition of some new Content-Types
6.21.6.1. Application/news-transmission
6.21.6.2. Message/news withdrawn
6.22. Obsolete Headers
7. Control Messages
7.1.2. Application/news-groupinfo
7.1.3. Initial Articles
7.1.4. Example
7.2.1. Example
7.3.1. Single group
7.3.2. Multiple Groups
7.3.3. Examples
7.4.1. Application/news-checkgroups
7.5. Cancel
7.6. Ihave, sendme
7.7. Obsolete control messages.
8. Duties of Various Agents
8.1. General principles to be followed
8.2. Duties of an Injecting Agent
8.2.1. Proto-articles
8.2.2. Procedure to be followed by Injecting Agents
8.3. Duties of a Relaying Agent
8.4. Duties of a Serving Agent
8.5. Duties of a Posting Agent
8.6. Duties of a Followup Agent
8.7. Duties of a Moderator
8.8. Duties of a Gateway
8.8.1. Duties of an Outgoing Gateway
8.8.2. Duties of an Incoming Gateway
8.8.3. Example
9. Security and Related Considerations
9.1. Leakage
9.2. Attacks
9.2.1. Denial of Service
9.2.2. Compromise of System Integrity
9.3. Liability
10. References
11. Acknowledgements
12. Contact Addresses
13. Intellectual Property Rights
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+++ ../usefor-article-04/TOC.out          April 2001
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 INTERNET-DRAFT                               Charles H. Lindsey
 Usenet Format Working Group                  University of Manchester
-                                   February 2000
+                                   April 2001
 
                 News Article Format
-         <draft-ietf-usefor-article-03.txt>
+         <draft-ietf-usefor-article-04.txt>
 
 Status of this Memo
 
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 
    Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six
    months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other
-   documents at any time.  It is inappropriate to use Internet-
-   Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work
-   in progress."
+   documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts
+   as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in
+   progress."
 
    The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at
    http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt.
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
    already compatible with these changes.
 
 [The use of the words "this standard" within this document when
-referring to itself do not imply that this draft yet has pretensions to
-be a standard, but rather indicates what will become the case if and
+referring to itself does not imply that this draft yet has pretensions
+to be a standard, but rather indicates what will become the case if and
 when it is accepted as an RFC with the status of a proposed or draft
 standard.]
 [Remarks enclosed in square brackets and aligned with the left margin,
@@ -59,17 +59,14 @@
 any major way.]
 
 
-
                  Table of Contents
 
-
-
 1.  Introduction ..................................................    5
   1.1.  Basic Concepts ............................................    5
   1.2.  Objectives ................................................    6
   1.3.  Historical Outline ........................................    6
   1.4.  Transport .................................................    6
-2.  Definitions, Notations and Conventions ........................    7
+2.  Definitions, Notations and Conventions ........................    6
   2.1.  Definitions.  .............................................    7
   2.2.  Textual Notations .........................................    8
   2.3.  Relation To Mail and MIME .................................    9
@@ -93,102 +90,123 @@
   4.3.  Body ......................................................   20
     4.3.1.  Body Format Issues ....................................   20
     4.3.2.  Body Conventions ......................................   21
-  4.4.  Characters and Character Sets .............................   23
+  4.4.  Characters and Character Sets .............................   22
     4.4.1.  Character Sets within Article Headers .................   23
     4.4.2.  Character Sets within Article Bodies ..................   24
   4.5.  Size Limits ...............................................   24
   4.6.  Example ...................................................   25
 5.  Mandatory Headers .............................................   26
   5.1.  Date ......................................................   26
-    5.1.1.  Examples ..............................................   27
+    5.1.1.  Examples ..............................................   26
   5.2.  From ......................................................   27
     5.2.1.  Examples:  ............................................   27
-  5.3.  Message-ID ................................................   27
+  5.3.  Message-ID ................................................   28
   5.4.  Subject ...................................................   28
     5.4.1.  Examples ..............................................   29
   5.5.  Newsgroups ................................................   29
     5.5.1.  Forbidden newsgroup names .............................   31
   5.6.  Path ......................................................   32
     5.6.1.  Format ................................................   32
-    5.6.2.  Adding a path-identity to the Path header .............   32
+    5.6.2.  Adding a path-identity to the Path header .............   33
     5.6.3.  The tail-entry ........................................   34
-    5.6.4.  Delimiter Summary .....................................   34
+    5.6.4.  Delimiter Summary .....................................   35
     5.6.5.  Suggested Verification Methods ........................   35
     5.6.6.  Example ...............................................   36
 6.  Optional Headers ..............................................   37
   6.1.  Reply-To ..................................................   37
-    6.1.1.  Examples ..............................................   37
+    6.1.1.  Examples ..............................................   38
   6.2.  Sender ....................................................   38
   6.3.  Organization ..............................................   38
   6.4.  Keywords ..................................................   38
-  6.5.  Summary ...................................................   38
-  6.6.  Distribution ..............................................   38
+  6.5.  Summary ...................................................   39
+  6.6.  Distribution ..............................................   39
   6.7.  Followup-To ...............................................   40
-  6.8.  References ................................................   40
-    6.8.1.  Examples ..............................................   41
-  6.9.  Expires ...................................................   41
-  6.10.  Archive ..................................................   41
-  6.11.  Control ..................................................   41
-  6.12.  Approved .................................................   42
-  6.13.  Replaces / Supersedes ....................................   42
-    6.13.1.  Syntax and Semantics .................................   43
-    6.13.2.  Message-ID version procedure .........................   44
-      6.13.2.1.  Message version numbers ..........................   44
-      6.13.2.2.  Implementation and Use Note ......................   46
-      6.13.2.3.  The Message-Version NNTP extension ...............   47
-      6.13.2.4.  Examples .........................................   48
-  6.14.  Xref .....................................................   49
-  6.15.  Lines ....................................................   50
-  6.16.  User-Agent ...............................................   50
-    6.16.1.  Examples .............................................   51
-  6.17.  MIME headers .............................................   51
-    6.17.1.  Syntax ...............................................   51
-    6.17.2.  Content-Transfer-Encoding ............................   52
-    6.17.3.  Content-Type .........................................   52
-      6.17.3.1.  Message/partial ..................................   53
-      6.17.3.2.  Message/rfc822 ...................................   53
-      6.17.3.3.  Message/external-body ............................   54
-      6.17.3.4.  Multipart types ..................................   54
-    6.17.4.  Character Sets .......................................   54
-    6.17.5.  Content Disposition ..................................   55
-    6.17.6.  Definition of some new Content-Types .................   55
-      6.17.6.1.  Application/news-transmission ....................   55
-      6.17.6.2.  Message/news withdrawn ...........................   56
-  6.18.  Obsolete Headers .........................................   56
-7.  Control Messages ..............................................   57
-  7.1.  The 'newgroup' Control Message ............................   57
-    7.1.1.  The Body of the 'newgroup' Control Message ............   58
-    7.1.2.  Application/news-groupinfo ............................   58
-    7.1.3.  Initial Articles ......................................   60
-    7.1.4.  Example ...............................................   61
-  7.2.  The 'rmgroup' Control Message .............................   62
-    7.2.1.  Example ...............................................   62
-  7.3.  The 'mvgroup' Control Message .............................   62
-    7.3.1.  Single group ..........................................   62
-    7.3.2.  Multiple Groups .......................................   63
-    7.3.3.  Examples ..............................................   64
-  7.4.  The 'checkgroups' Control Message .........................   65
-    7.4.1.  Application/news-checkgroups ..........................   66
-  7.5.  Cancel ....................................................   66
-  7.6.  Ihave, sendme .............................................   68
-  7.7.  Obsolete control messages.  ...............................   69
-8.  Duties of Various Agents ......................................   69
-  8.1.  General principles to be followed .........................   69
-  8.2.  Duties of an Injecting Agent ..............................   70
-    8.2.1.  Proto-articles ........................................   70
-    8.2.2.  Procedure to be followed by Injecting Agents ..........   70
-  8.3.  Duties of a Relaying Agent ................................   72
-  8.4.  Duties of a Serving Agent .................................   73
-  8.5.  Duties of a Posting Agent .................................   73
-  8.6.  Duties of a Followup Agent ................................   74
-  8.7.  Duties of a Gateway .......................................   74
-9.  Security Considerations .......................................   74
-  9.1.  Attacks ...................................................   75
-10.  References ...................................................   75
-11.  Acknowledgements .............................................   77
-12.  Contact Addresses ............................................   77
-13.  Intellectual Property Rights .................................   78
-Appendix A.1 - A-News Article Format ..............................   79
-Appendix A.2 - Early B-News Article Format ........................   79
-Appendix B - Collected Syntax .....................................   79
+  6.8.  Mail-Copies-To ............................................   41
+  6.9.  Posted-And-Mailed .........................................   42
+  6.10.  References ...............................................   42
+    6.10.1.  Examples .............................................   43
+  6.11.  Expires ..................................................   43
+  6.12.  Archive ..................................................   43
+  6.13.  Control ..................................................   44
+  6.14.  Approved .................................................   44
+  6.15.  Replaces / Supersedes ....................................   45
+    6.15.1.  Syntax and Semantics .................................   45
+    6.15.2.  Message-ID version procedure .........................   46
+      6.15.2.1.  Message version numbers ..........................   47
+      6.15.2.2.  Implementation and Use Note ......................   48
+      6.15.2.3.  The Message-Version NNTP extension ...............   50
+      6.15.2.4.  Examples .........................................   50
+  6.16.  Xref .....................................................   51
+  6.17.  Lines ....................................................   53
+  6.18.  User-Agent ...............................................   53
+    6.18.1.  Examples .............................................   54
+  6.19.  Injector-Info ............................................   54
+    6.19.1.  Usage of Injector-Info-header-parameters .............   56
+      6.19.1.1.  The posting-host-parameter .......................   56
+      6.19.1.2.  The posting-account-parameter ....................   57
+      6.19.1.3.  The posting-sender-parameter .....................   57
+      6.19.1.4.  The posting-logging-parameter ....................   57
+      6.19.1.5.  The posting-date-parameter .......................   57
+    6.19.2.  Example ..............................................   57
+  6.20.  Complaints-To ............................................   57
+  6.21.  MIME headers .............................................   58
+    6.21.1.  Syntax ...............................................   58
+    6.21.2.  Content-Transfer-Encoding ............................   58
+    6.21.3.  Content-Type .........................................   59
+      6.21.3.1.  Message/partial ..................................   59
+      6.21.3.2.  Message/rfc822 ...................................   60
+      6.21.3.3.  Message/external-body ............................   60
+      6.21.3.4.  Multipart types ..................................   61
+    6.21.4.  Character Sets .......................................   61
+    6.21.5.  Content Disposition ..................................   61
+    6.21.6.  Definition of some new Content-Types .................   61
+      6.21.6.1.  Application/news-transmission ....................   62
+      6.21.6.2.  Message/news withdrawn ...........................   63
+  6.22.  Obsolete Headers .........................................   63
+7.  Control Messages ..............................................   63
+  7.1.  The 'newgroup' Control Message ............................   64
+    7.1.1.  The Body of the 'newgroup' Control Message ............   65
+    7.1.2.  Application/news-groupinfo ............................   65
+    7.1.3.  Initial Articles ......................................   67
+    7.1.4.  Example ...............................................   67
+  7.2.  The 'rmgroup' Control Message .............................   68
+    7.2.1.  Example ...............................................   69
+  7.3.  The 'mvgroup' Control Message .............................   69
+    7.3.1.  Single group ..........................................   69
+    7.3.2.  Multiple Groups .......................................   70
+    7.3.3.  Examples ..............................................   70
+  7.4.  The 'checkgroups' Control Message .........................   71
+    7.4.1.  Application/news-checkgroups ..........................   72
+  7.5.  Cancel ....................................................   73
+  7.6.  Ihave, sendme .............................................   74
+  7.7.  Obsolete control messages.  ...............................   75
+8.  Duties of Various Agents ......................................   76
+  8.1.  General principles to be followed .........................   76
+  8.2.  Duties of an Injecting Agent ..............................   76
+    8.2.1.  Proto-articles ........................................   77
+    8.2.2.  Procedure to be followed by Injecting Agents ..........   77
+  8.3.  Duties of a Relaying Agent ................................   78
+  8.4.  Duties of a Serving Agent .................................   79
+  8.5.  Duties of a Posting Agent .................................   80
+  8.6.  Duties of a Followup Agent ................................   80
+  8.7.  Duties of a Moderator .....................................   81
+  8.8.  Duties of a Gateway .......................................   82
+    8.8.1.  Duties of an Outgoing Gateway .........................   83
+    8.8.2.  Duties of an Incoming Gateway .........................   84
+    8.8.3.  Example ...............................................   86
+9.  Security and Related Considerations ...........................   87
+  9.1.  Leakage ...................................................   87
+  9.2.  Attacks ...................................................   87
+    9.2.1.  Denial of Service .....................................   87
+    9.2.2.  Compromise of System Integrity ........................   88
+  9.3.  Liability .................................................   89
+10.  References ...................................................   90
+11.  Acknowledgements .............................................   92
+12.  Contact Addresses ............................................   92
+13.  Intellectual Property Rights .................................   92
+Appendix A.1 - A-News Article Format ..............................   93
+Appendix A.2 - Early B-News Article Format ........................   94
+Appendix A.3 - Obsolete Headers ...................................   95
+Appendix A.4 - Obsolete Control Messages ..........................   95
+Appendix B - Collected Syntax .....................................   96
 

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