Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!princeton!phoenix!pucc!IRWIN 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 Lines: 15 Disclaimer: Author bears full responsibility for contents of this article 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