Subject: Re: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-usefor-usefor-08

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 18:53:29 -0700 (PDT)

rbabel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ralph Babel):

>| A newsgroup may be "moderated", in which case submissions
>| are not posted directly, but mailed to a "moderator" for
>| consideration and possible posting. Moderators are
>| typically human but may be implemented partially or
>| entirely in software.

>The word "moderated" occurs only once,
>in the "Approved" section.

Additionally, moderators are ALWAYS human, but they may use software to
perform or automate their tasks.

>That and the previous sentence basically mean
>"an article not containing a References header
>field is not a follow-up". Not overly useful.

If one is trying to determine what is and is not a follow-up, at least
we can still identify "not a follow-up". We lost "this is a follow-up"
a long time ago.