usefor-usefor-02 November 2004
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1.1 Basic Concepts
"Netnews" is a set of protocols for generating, storing and
retrieving news "articles" (which are a subset of Email messages) and
for exchanging them amongst a readership which is potentially widely
distributed. It is organized around "newsgroups", with the
expectation that each reader will be able to see all articles posted
to each newsgroup in which he participates. These protocols most
commonly use a flooding algorithm which propagates copies throughout
a network of participating servers. Typically, only one copy is
stored per server, and each server makes it available on demand to
readers able to access that server.
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1.1 Basic Concepts
"Netnews" is a set of protocols for generating, storing and
- retrieving news "articles" (which resemble email messages) and for
- exchanging them amongst a readership which is potentially widely
+ retrieving news "articles" (which are a subset of Email messages) and
+ for exchanging them amongst a readership which is potentially widely
distributed. It is organized around "newsgroups", with the
expectation that each reader will be able to see all articles posted
to each newsgroup in which he participates. These protocols most