ietf-nntp newa@, usenet@ and RFC 2142

Stan O. Barber sob at academ.com
Thu Dec 6 12:08:13 PST 2001


I completely agree with this.  


Charles Lindsey wrote:

>RFC 2142 (Mailbox names for common services) mentions the names
>"usenet at address" and "news at address", and cites RFC 977 as the primary
>reference for the former (and the latter as being a synonym for it).
>
>Our present NNTP draft makes no mention of it. Should it?
>
>Actually, I think it should not, because USEFOR would be a more
>appropriate place to do it. Indeed USEFOR does make some mention of it,
>but the wording could maybe be improved, and I have started a thread on
>the USEFOR list on the matter.
>





More information about the ietf-nntp mailing list