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

8.5. Duties of a Posting Agent

8.5.  Duties of a Posting Agent
   A Posting Agent is used to assist the poster in creating a valid
   proto-article and forwarding it to an injecting agent.

   Postings agents SHOULD ensure that proto-articles they create are
   valid Netnews articles according to this standard and other
   applicable policies.

   Posting agents meant for use by ordinary posters SHOULD reject any
   attempt to post an article which cancels, Supersedes or Replaces
   another article of which the poster is not the author.

Diffs to previous draft

Files {draft-04} and {draft-05} are identical