[NNTP] The meaning of T

[Ken Murchison]

Clive D.W. Feather wrote:
> RFC 2821 says "Simple Mail  Transfer Protocol".
> RFC 2616 says "Hypertext    Transfer Protocol".
> RFC 765  says "File         Transfer Protocol".
> RFC 977  says "Network News Transfer Protocol".
> 
> Yet our document is entitled "Network News Transport Protocol", and has
> been so right the way back to draft 01.
> 
> Is this correct? If so, should the reason for the change be given anywhere?

Is there a reason?  The only reason that I can think of to stray from 
the wording in those other drafts is that NNTP is both a *transfer* 
protocol and *access* protocol, but I don't know if *transport* captures 
both meanings.

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