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From: IRWIN@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Irwin Tillman)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: New Map Files - Latest PATHALIAS/NETNEWS versions required
Message-ID: <4022@pucc.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 10 Dec 87 14:21:12 GMT
References: <21871@lll-tis.arpa> <8711241022.AA12529@RUTGERS.EDU>
Reply-To: IRWIN@pucc.Princeton.EDU
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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This mention of the 'Supersedes' header reminds me that a formal
specification of this header has not yet appeared.  Can anyone give
me an "official" spec for it?  I maintain a vm/cms implementation of
news, and need this info to add proper support for this header.
 
It is certainly clear to me the way the header works, but there
are some unanswered questions...for example, can ANYONE issue
one of these (not just the author of the original article)?  Since
this does not appear to be a control message, does it need an 'Approved'
header?  Can you include a 'Supersedes' header on a control message...
if so, what does it mean if that control message is a 'cancel',
'newgroup'....  You get the idea.
 
Irwin Tillman           BITNET: IRWIN@PUCC
Princeton University    UUCP: {allegra,ihnp4,cbosgd}!psuvax1!PUCC.BITNET!IRWIN