usefor-article-07 May 2002
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7.2.1.3. Initial Articles
Some subparts of a "newgroup" or "mvgroup" control message MAY
contain an initial set of articles to be posted to the affected
newsgroup(s) as soon as it has been created or modified. These parts
are identified by having the Content-Type "application/news-
transmission", possibly with the parameter "usage=inject". The body
of each such part should be a complete proto-article, ready for
posting. This feature is intended for the posting of charters,
initial FAQs and the like to the newly formed group(s).
The Newsgroups-header of the proto-article MUST include the
newsgroup-name of the newly created or modified group. It MAY include
other newsgroup-names. If the proto-article includes a Message-ID-
header, the message indentifier in it MUST be different from that of
any existing article and from that of the control message as a whole.
Alternatively such a message identifier MAY be derived by the
injecting agent when the proto-article is posted. The proto-article
SHOULD include the header "Distribution: local".
The proto-article SHOULD be injected at the serving agent that
processes the control message AFTER the newsgroup in question has
been created or modified. It MUST NOT be injected if the newsgroup is
not, in fact, created (for whatever reason). It MUST NOT be submitted
to any relaying agent for transmission beyond the server(s) upon
which the newsgroup creation has just been effected (in other words,
it is to be treated as having a "Distribution: local" header,
whether such a header is actually present or not).
NOTE: It is not precluded that the proto-article is itself a
control message or other type of special article, to be
activated only upon creation of the new newsgroup. However,
except as might arise from that possibility, any
"application/news-transmission" within some nested "multipart/*"
structure within the proto-article is not to be activated.
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--- ../usefor-article-06/Initial_Articles.out November 2001
+++ ../usefor-article-07/Initial_Articles.out May 2002
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
posting. This feature is intended for the posting of charters,
initial FAQs and the like to the newly formed group(s).
- The Newsgroups header of the proto-article MUST include the
+ The Newsgroups-header of the proto-article MUST include the
newsgroup-name of the newly created or modified group. It MAY include
- other newsgroup-names. If the proto-article includes a Message-ID
+ other newsgroup-names. If the proto-article includes a Message-ID-
header, the message indentifier in it MUST be different from that of
any existing article and from that of the control message as a whole.
Alternatively such a message identifier MAY be derived by the
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
SHOULD include the header "Distribution: local".
The proto-article SHOULD be injected at the serving agent that
- processes the control message AFTER the newsgroup(s) in question has
+ processes the control message AFTER the newsgroup in question has
been created or modified. It MUST NOT be injected if the newsgroup is
not, in fact, created (for whatever reason). It MUST NOT be submitted
to any relaying agent for transmission beyond the server(s) upon
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@
it is to be treated as having a "Distribution: local" header,
whether such a header is actually present or not).
- NOTE: The "$p=<n>" convention, if applied uniformly, should
- ensure that initial articles relayed beyond the local server in
- contravention of the above prohibition will not propagate in
- competition with similar copies injected at other local servers.
NOTE: It is not precluded that the proto-article is itself a
control message or other type of special article, to be
activated only upon creation of the new newsgroup. However,