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#1021 USEFOR Newsgroups header - not quite resolved




There have been a number of suggestions for format changes, but most people seem to be mostly happy with the text (Charles excepted).
I think the language on _ / + / - needs another pass when we know what to do about "agents" - USEFOR should either have all of them defined or not mention them at all, and the term "generate" has proved tricky.


But let's insert this text into -05, and put in a marker for the issue.

The current text of the list of groups:

The following newsgroup names have been used for specific purposes in
various implementations and protocols, and MUST therefore not be used
for the names of normal newsgroups. They MAY be used for their
specific
purpose, or by local agreement.

Groups starting with the component "to"
Groups starting with the component "control"
Groups containing the component "all"
Groups containing the component "ctl"
The group "junk"

This includes the groups "to", "control", "ctl" and "all".