usefor-article-13 May 2004
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7. Control Messages
The following sections document the control messages. "Message" is
used herein as a synonym for "article" unless context indicates
otherwise.
The Newsgroups-header of each control message SHOULD include the
newsgroup-name(s) for the group(s) affected (i.e. groups to be
created, modified or removed, or containing articles to be canceled).
This is to ensure that the message propagates to all sites which
receive (or would receive) that group(s). It MAY include other
newsgroup-names so as to improve propagation (but this practice may
cause the control message to propagate also to places where it is
unwanted, or even cause it not to propagate where it should, so it
should not be used without good reason).
The descriptions below set out REQUIREMENTS to be followed by sites
that receive control messages and choose to honour them. However,
nothing in these descriptions should be taken as overriding the right
of any such site, in accordance with its local policy, to deny any
particular control message, or to refer it to an administrator for
approval (either as a class or on a case-by-case basis).
Relaying Agents MUST propagate all control messages regardless of
whether or not they are recognized or processed locally.
In the following sections, each type of control message is defined
syntactically by defining its verb, its arguments, and possibly its
body.
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--- ../usefor-article-12/Control_Messages.out November 2003
+++ ../usefor-article-13/Control_Messages.out May 2004
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
particular control message, or to refer it to an administrator for
approval (either as a class or on a case-by-case basis).
- Relaying Agents MUST propagate even control messages that they do not
- recognize.
+ Relaying Agents MUST propagate all control messages regardless of
+ whether or not they are recognized or processed locally.
In the following sections, each type of control message is defined
syntactically by defining its verb, its arguments, and possibly its