INTERNET-DRAFT                               Charles H. Lindsey
Usenet Format Working Group                  University of Manchester
                                             July 2001

8. Duties of Various Agents

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.

Diffs to previous draft

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         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
-