Netnews Article Format
RFC 5536
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Network Working Group K. Murchison, Ed.
Request for Comments: 5536 Carnegie Mellon University
Obsoletes: 1036 C. Lindsey
Category: Standards Track University of Manchester
D. Kohn
Healing Thresholds
November 2009
Netnews Article Format
Abstract
This document specifies the syntax of Netnews articles in the context
of the Internet Message Format (RFC 5322) and Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions (MIME) (RFC 2045). This document obsoletes RFC 1036,
providing an updated specification to reflect current practice and
incorporating incremental changes specified in other documents.
Status of This Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................4
1.1. Basic Concepts .............................................4
1.2. Scope ......................................................4
1.3. Requirements Notation ......................................4
1.4. Syntax Notation ............................................5
1.5. Definitions ................................................5
1.6. Structure of This Document .................................7
2. Format ..........................................................7
2.1. Base .......................................................7
2.2. Header Fields ..............................................8
2.3. MIME Conformance ...........................................9
3. News Header Fields ..............................................9
3.1. Mandatory Header Fields ...................................10
3.1.1. Date ...............................................11
3.1.2. From ...............................................11
3.1.3. Message-ID .........................................11
3.1.4. Newsgroups .........................................13
3.1.5. Path ...............................................14
3.1.6. Subject ............................................16
3.2. Optional Header Fields ....................................16
3.2.1. Approved ...........................................17
3.2.2. Archive ............................................17
3.2.3. Control ............................................17
3.2.4. Distribution .......................................18
3.2.5. Expires ............................................19
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