Hi, I've posted an updated news-nntp-uri I-D, and will fix a new ltr-bug "local part (right hand side)" later: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ellermann-news-nntp-uri Counting all attempts to update the news URI scheme in RFC 1738 that's number 16, and I guess it's now at a point where further modifications would likely make it worse. Frank