usefor-article-13 May 2004
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8.5. Duties of a Posting Agent
A Posting Agent is used to assist the poster in creating a valid
proto-article and forwarding it to an injecting agent.
Postings agents SHOULD ensure that proto-articles they create are
valid according to this standard and other applicable policies. In
particular, they MUST NOT create any Injection-Date-, Injection-Info-
or Complaints-To-header.
Posting agents meant for use by ordinary posters SHOULD reject any
attempt to post an article which cancels or Supersedes another
article of which the poster is not the author.
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--- ../usefor-article-12/Duties_of_a_Posting_Agent.out November 2003
+++ ../usefor-article-13/Duties_of_a_Posting_Agent.out May 2004
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
proto-article and forwarding it to an injecting agent.
Postings agents SHOULD ensure that proto-articles they create are
- valid news articles according to this standard and other applicable
- policies.
+ valid according to this standard and other applicable policies. In
+ particular, they MUST NOT create any Injection-Date-, Injection-Info-
+ or Complaints-To-header.
Posting agents meant for use by ordinary posters SHOULD reject any
attempt to post an article which cancels or Supersedes another