usefor-usepro-03 February 2005

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3.1.  Principal Changes

     o The [RFC 2822] conventions for parenthesis-enclosed <comment>s in
       headers are supported.
     o Whitespace is permitted in Newsgroups headers, permitting folding
       of such headers. Indeed, all headers can now be folded.
     o An enhanced syntax for the Path header enables the injection
       point of and the route taken by an article to be determined with
       certainty.
     o MIME is recognized as an integral part of Netnews.
     o There is a new Control message 'mvgroup' to facilitate moving a
       group to a different place (name) in a hierarchy.
     o There is a new mandatory Injection-Date header to facilitate the
       rejection of stale articles.
     o There are several new optional headers defined, notably Archive,
       Complaints-To, Injection-Info, Mail-Copies-To, Posted-And-Mailed
       and User-Agent, leading to increased functionality.
     o Certain headers and Control messages (F-3.3 and Appendix A.3)
       have been made obsolete.
     o Distributions are expected to be checked at the receiving end, as
       well as the sending end, of a relaying link.
     o There are numerous other small changes, clarifications and
       enhancements.
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+++ ../usefor-usepro-03/Principal_Changes.out          February 2005
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 3.1.  Principal Changes
 
-     o The [RFC 2822] conventions for parenthesis-enclosed comments in
+     o The [RFC 2822] conventions for parenthesis-enclosed <comment>s in
        headers are supported.
-     o Whitespace is permitted in Newsgroups-headers, permitting folding
+     o Whitespace is permitted in Newsgroups headers, permitting folding
        of such headers. Indeed, all headers can now be folded.
-     o An enhanced syntax for the Path-header enables the injection
+     o An enhanced syntax for the Path header enables the injection
        point of and the route taken by an article to be determined with
        certainty.
-     o Large parts of MIME are recognized as an integral part of
-       Netnews.
+     o MIME is recognized as an integral part of Netnews.
      o There is a new Control message 'mvgroup' to facilitate moving a
        group to a different place (name) in a hierarchy.
-     o There is a new mandatory Injection-Date-header to facilitate the
+     o There is a new mandatory Injection-Date header to facilitate the
        rejection of stale articles.
      o There are several new optional headers defined, notably Archive,
        Complaints-To, Injection-Info, Mail-Copies-To, Posted-And-Mailed
        and User-Agent, leading to increased functionality.
-     o Certain headers and Control messages (a-Appendix A.3 and Appendix
-       A.3) have been made obsolete.
+     o Certain headers and Control messages (F-3.3 and Appendix A.3)
+       have been made obsolete.
      o Distributions are expected to be checked at the receiving end, as
        well as the sending end, of a relaying link.
      o There are numerous other small changes, clarifications and


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