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3.2.2 Followup-To
The Followup-To header specifies to which newsgroup(s) followups
should be posted. The Followup-To header SHOULD NOT appear in a
message, unless its content is different from the content of the
Newsgroups header.
followup-to = "Followup-To:" SP ( newsgroup-list / poster-text )
CRLF
poster-text = [FWS] %d112.111.115.116.101.114 [FWS]
; "poster" in lower-case
The syntax is the same as that of the Newsgroups header (Section
3.1.5, with the exception that the keyword "poster" (which is always
lowercase) requests that followups should be mailed to the article's
reply address rather than posted. Although the keyword "poster" is
case-sensitive, followup agents MAY choose to recognize
case-insensitive forms such as "Poster".
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--- ../usefor-usefor-01/Followup-To.out September 2004
+++ ../usefor-usefor-02/Followup-To.out November 2004
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
3.2.2 Followup-To
The Followup-To header specifies to which newsgroup(s) followups
- should be posted.
+ should be posted. The Followup-To header SHOULD NOT appear in a
+ message, unless its content is different from the content of the
+ Newsgroups header.
followup-to = "Followup-To:" SP ( newsgroup-list / poster-text )
CRLF
@@ -10,9 +12,9 @@
; "poster" in lower-case
The syntax is the same as that of the Newsgroups header (Section
- 3.1.5, with the exception that the magic word "poster" (which is
- always lowercase) means that followups should be mailed to the
- article's reply address rather than posted. In order to improve
- interoperability with deployed clients, followup agents MAY choose to
- recognize case-insensitive forms such as "Poster".
+ 3.1.5, with the exception that the keyword "poster" (which is always
+ lowercase) requests that followups should be mailed to the article's
+ reply address rather than posted. Although the keyword "poster" is
+ case-sensitive, followup agents MAY choose to recognize
+ case-insensitive forms such as "Poster".