INTERNET-DRAFT Charles H. Lindsey
Usenet Format Working Group University of Manchester
July 2001
5.5.1. Forbidden newsgroup names
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5.5.1. Forbidden newsgroup names
The following forms of newsgroup-name MUST NOT be used except for the
specific purposes indicated:
o Newsgroup-names having only one component. These are reserved for
newsgroups whose propagation is restricted to a single host or
local network, and for pseudo-newsgroups such as "poster" (which
has special meaning in the Followup-To header - see section 6.7),
"junk" (often used by serving agents), "control" (likewise),
"revise" and "repost" (which have special meanings in the Xref
header - see 6.16)
o Any newsgroup-name beginning with "control." (used as pseudo-
newsgroups by many serving agents)
o Any newsgroup-name containing the component "ctl" (likewise)
o "to" or any newsgroup-name beginning with "to." (reserved for the
ihave/sendme protocol described in section 7.6, and for test
messages sent on an essentially point-to-point basis)
o Any newsgroup-name beginning with "example." (reserved for
examples in this and other standards)
o Any newsgroup-name containing the component "all" (because this
is used as a wildcard in some implementations)
A newsgroup-name SHOULD NOT appear more than once in the Newsgroups
header. The order of newsgroup names in the Newsgroups header is not
significant, except for determining which moderator to send the
article to if more than one of the groups is moderated (see 8.2).
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Previous draft (04): 5.5.1. Forbidden newsgroup names
Diffs to previous draft
--- {draft-04} Wed Jul 11 21:55:24 2001
+++ {draft-05} Wed Jul 11 21:55:24 2001
@@ -16,11 +16,14 @@
o "to" or any newsgroup-name beginning with "to." (reserved for the
ihave/sendme protocol described in section 7.6, and for test
messages sent on an essentially point-to-point basis)
+
+ o Any newsgroup-name beginning with "example." (reserved for
+ examples in this and other standards)
o Any newsgroup-name containing the component "all" (because this
is used as a wildcard in some implementations)
A newsgroup-name SHOULD NOT appear more than once in the Newsgroups
header. The order of newsgroup names in the Newsgroups header is not
significant, except for determining which moderator to send the
- article to if one of the groups is moderated (see 8.2).
+ article to if more than one of the groups is moderated (see 8.2).