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

Appendix A.1 - A-News Article Format

Appendix A.1 - A-News Article Format
   The obsolete "A News" article format consisted of exactly five lines
   of header information, followed by the body. For example:

      Aeagle.642
      news.misc
      cbosgd!mhuxj!mhuxt!eagle!jerry
      Fri Nov 19 16:14:55 1982
      Usenet Etiquette - Please Read
      body
      body
      body

   The first line consisted of an "A" followed by an article ID
   (analogous to a message ID and used for similar purposes).  The
   second line was the list of newsgroups. The third line was the path.
   The fourth was the date, in the format above (all fields fixed
   width), resembling an Internet date but not quite the same. The fifth
   was the subject.


   This format is documented for archeological purposes only.  Articles
   MUST NOT be generated in this format.

Diffs to previous draft

--- {draft-04}	Wed Jul 11 21:56:27 2001
+++ {draft-05}	Wed Jul 11 21:56:27 2001
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
    width), resembling an Internet date but not quite the same. The fifth
    was the subject.
 
+
    This format is documented for archeological purposes only.  Articles
    MUST NOT be generated in this format.