TBW

Abstract
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Definitions, Notations, and Conventions
2.1. Textual Notations
2.2. Syntax Notation
2.3. Definitions
2.4. End Of Line
2.5. Case-Sensitivity
2.6. Language
3. Relation To MAIL (RFC 822 etc.)
4. Basic Format
4.1. Overall Syntax
4.2. Headers
4.2.1. Names and Contents
4.2.2. Undesirable Headers
4.2.3. White Space and Continuations
4.3. Body
4.3.1. Body Format Issues
4.3.2. Body Conventions
4.4. Characters And Character Sets
4.5. Non-ASCII Characters In Headers
4.6. Size Limits
4.7. Example
5. Mandatory Headers
5.1. Date
5.2. From
5.3. Message-ID
5.4. Subject
5.5. Newsgroups
5.6. Path
6. Optional Headers
6.1. Followup-To
6.2. Expires
6.3. Reply-To
6.4. Sender
6.5. References
6.6. Control
6.7. Distribution
6.8. Keywords
6.9. Summary
6.10. Approved
6.11. Lines
6.12. Xref
6.13. Organization
6.14. Supersedes
6.15. Also-Control
6.16. See-Also
6.17. Article-Names
6.18. Article-Updates
7. Control Messages
7.1. cancel
7.2. ihave, sendme
7.3. newgroup
7.4. rmgroup
7.5. sendsys, version, whogets
7.6. checkgroups
8. Transmission Formats
8.1. Batches
8.2. Encoded Batches
8.3. News Within Mail
8.4. Partial Batches
9. Propagation and Processing
9.1. Relayer General Issues
9.2. Article Acceptance And Propagation
9.3. Administrator Contact
10. Gatewaying
10.1. General Gatewaying Issues
10.2. Header Synthesis
10.3. Message ID Mapping
10.4. Mail to and from News
10.5. Gateway Administration
11. Security And Related Issues
11.1. Leakage
11.2. Attacks
11.3. Anarchy
11.4. Liability
A. Archeological Notes
A.1. A-News Article Format
A.2. Early B-News Article Format
A.3. Obsolete Headers
A.4. Obsolete Control Messages
B. A Quick Tour Of MIME
C. Summary of Changes Since RFC 1036
D. Summary of Completely New Features
E. Summary of Differences From RFC 822+1123
References
Security Considerations
Author's Address