[NNTP] Header terminology

Ruud H.G. van Tol rvtol at isolution.nl
Mon Jun 13 12:45:56 PDT 2005


Ken Murchison:

> I never really liked the
> overloading of the term "header".  In one case it means a single
> "header field", and in the other it means the entire message "header"
> (as opposed to the "body").

A nice alternative for 'message header' is 'message head'. 
The empty line between 'head' and 'body' is the 'neck'. 

May I propose a new command 'neck', for specifically demanding 
that empty line from the article? No CFWS in there, please.
;)

-- 
Grtz, Ruud



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