[NNTP] Header terminology

Charles Lindsey chl at clerew.man.ac.uk
Mon Jun 13 02:44:23 PDT 2005


In <87is0jzb03.fsf at windlord.stanford.edu> Russ Allbery <rra at stanford.edu> writes:

>Forwarding from USEFOR.  What do folks think about making the editorial
>changes noted below for compatibility with mail terminology?  See the end
>of Richard's message for the exact details; other than in the base
>document (which might not be worth the hassle), the changes are trivial
>and I don't think they reduce the readability any.

I think we should leave it be. The terminology we use is what is used in
the Real World out there (even for email in fact), quite apart from its
previous use in other Netnews related documents.

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