INTERNET-DRAFT Charles H. Lindsey
Usenet Format Working Group University of Manchester
April 2001
8. Duties of Various Agents
The following section sets out the duties of various agents involved
in the creation, relaying and serving of Usenet articles.
In this section, the word "trusted", as applied to the source of some
article, means that an agent processing that article has verified, by
some means, the identity of that source (which may be another agent
or a poster).
NOTE: In many implementations, a single agent may perform
various combinations of the injecting, relaying and serving
functions. Its duties are then the union of the various duties
concerned.
8.1. General principles to be followed
8.2. Duties of an Injecting Agent
8.2.1. Proto-articles
8.2.2. Procedure to be followed by Injecting Agents
8.3. Duties of a Relaying Agent
8.4. Duties of a Serving Agent
8.5. Duties of a Posting Agent
8.6. Duties of a Followup Agent
8.7. Duties of a Moderator
8.8. Duties of a Gateway
8.8.1. Duties of an Outgoing Gateway
8.8.2. Duties of an Incoming Gateway
8.8.3. Example
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See also previous draft (03): 8. Duties of Various Agents
See also previous draft (02): 7. Duties of Various Agents
See also previous draft (son-of-1036):
See also previous draft (rfc-1036):