From: John Moreno (phenix@interpath.com)
Date: Mon Sep 20 1999 - 15:40:58 CDT
Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> wrote:
> Sorry about the delay.
>
> Charles Lindsey <chl@clw.cs.man.ac.uk> writes:
>
-snip-
> > Posters SHOULD use only the names of existing newsgroups in the
> > Newsgroups header. However, it is legitimate to cross-post to
> > newsgroup(s) which do not exist on the posting agent's host,
> > provided that at least one of the newsgroups DOES exist there, and
> > followup agents MUST accept this (posting agents MAY accept it, but
> > SHOULD at least alert the poster to the situation and request
> > confirmation).
>
> Remind me why this is a MUST rather than a SHOULD?
The MUST for followup and the MAY for posting agents seems
inappropriate, I'd say they should be the same whichever is decided upon
(in fact I'd like to shift it completely and put the burden upon the
server/injecting agent).
(Also, I see this situation mostly with private and public servers, in
which case the followup agents may not have the ability to post to
both).
I also find the alert for the posting agent and no alert for the
followup agent, a bit weird (I don't think that's what is meant, but it
is how it reads to me at least).
-- John Moreno