usefor-article-07 May 2002
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6.14. Approved
The Approved-header indicates the mailing addresses (and possibly the
full names) of the persons or entities approving the article for
posting.
header =/ Approved-header
Approved-header = "Approved" ":" SP Approved-content
*( ";" other-parameter )
Approved-content = From-content ; see 5.2
Each mailbox contained in the Approved-content MUST be that of one of
the person(s) or entity(ies) in question, and one of those mailboxes
MUST be that of the actual injector of the article.
An Approved-header is required in all postings to moderated
newsgroups. If this header is not present in such postings, then
relaying and serving agents MUST reject the article. Please see
section 8.2.2 for how injecting agents should treat postings to
moderated groups that do not contain this header.
An Approved-header is also required in certain control messages, to
reduce the risks of accidental or unauthorized posting of same.
NOTE: The presence of an Approved-header indicates that the
person or entity identified claims to have the necessary
authority to post the article in question, thus enabling sites
that dispute that authority to refuse to accept or to act upon
it. However, the mere presence of the header is insufficient to
provide assurance that it indeed originated from that person or
entity, and it is therefore desirable that it be included within
some digital signature scheme (see 7.1), especially in the case
of control messages (section 7).
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--- ../usefor-article-06/Approved.out November 2001
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6.14. Approved
- The Approved header indicates the mailing addresses (and possibly the
+ The Approved-header indicates the mailing addresses (and possibly the
full names) of the persons or entities approving the article for
posting.
+ header =/ Approved-header
+ Approved-header = "Approved" ":" SP Approved-content
+ *( ";" other-parameter )
Approved-content = From-content ; see 5.2
- Each mailbox contained in the Approved-content MUST be that of the
- person or entity in question, and one of those mailboxes MUST be that
- of the actual injector of the article.
- An Approved header is required in all postings to moderated
+ Each mailbox contained in the Approved-content MUST be that of one of
+ the person(s) or entity(ies) in question, and one of those mailboxes
+ MUST be that of the actual injector of the article.
+
+ An Approved-header is required in all postings to moderated
newsgroups. If this header is not present in such postings, then
relaying and serving agents MUST reject the article. Please see
section 8.2.2 for how injecting agents should treat postings to
moderated groups that do not contain this header.
- An Approved header is also required in certain control messages, to
- reduce the risk of accidental posting of same.
+ An Approved-header is also required in certain control messages, to
+ reduce the risks of accidental or unauthorized posting of same.
- NOTE: The presence of an Approved header indicates that the
+ NOTE: The presence of an Approved-header indicates that the
person or entity identified claims to have the necessary
authority to post the article in question, thus enabling sites
that dispute that authority to refuse to accept or to act upon