Re: [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5537 (1981)

Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:39:58 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.usenet.format
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RFC Errata System <[email protected]> writes:

> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Alfred Hoenes <[email protected]>

> Section: 3.2.1

> Original Text
> -------------
> ... first paragraph:

>    If a relaying or serving agent receives an article from an injecting
> |  or serving agent that is part of the same news server, it MAY leave
>       ^^^^^^^
>    the Path header field of the article unchanged.  [...]

> Corrected Text
> --------------
>    If a relaying or serving agent receives an article from an injecting
> |  or relaying agent that is part of the same news server, it MAY leave
>       ^^^^^^^^
>    the Path header field of the article unchanged.  [...]

> Notes
> -----
> Rationale:
>   Cf. the definition of agent roles presented in Section 1 and the
>   first paragraph of Section 3:
>   Serving agents only forward to reading agents, and in that step,
>   the articles are not modified in any way.

This change is correct.  Thank you!

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Russ Allbery ([email protected])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>