usefor-article-10 April 2003
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6.14. Approved
The Approved-header indicates the mailing addresses (possibly
including the full names) of the persons or entities approving the
article for posting.
header =/ Approved-header
Approved-header = "Approved" ":" SP Approved-content
*( ";" extension-parameter )
Approved-content = From-content ; see 5.2
Each mailbox contained in the Approved-content MUST be that of one of
the person(s) or entity(ies) in question, and one of those mailboxes
MUST be that of the actual injector of the article.
An Approved-header is required in all postings to moderated
newsgroups. If this header is not present in such postings, then
serving agents MUST (and relaying agents MAY) reject the article.
Please see section 8.2.2 for how injecting agents should treat
postings to moderated groups that do not contain this header.
An Approved-header is also required in certain control messages, to
reduce the risks of accidental or unauthorized posting of same.
NOTE: The presence of an Approved-header indicates that the
person or entity identified claims to have the necessary
authority to post the article in question, thus enabling sites
that dispute that authority to refuse to accept or to act upon
it. However, the mere presence of the header is insufficient to
provide assurance that it indeed originated from that person or
entity, and it is therefore desirable that it be included within
some digital signature scheme (see 7.1), especially in the case
of control messages (section 7).
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--- ../usefor-article-09/Approved.out February 2003
+++ ../usefor-article-10/Approved.out April 2003
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
article for posting.
header =/ Approved-header
+
Approved-header = "Approved" ":" SP Approved-content
*( ";" extension-parameter )
Approved-content = From-content ; see 5.2