"This document specifies the syntax of Netnews articles in the context of the Internet Message Format [RFC5322] and Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) [RFC2045]. This document obsoletes [RFC1036]@ updating the syntax of Netnews articles to reflect current practice and incorporating changes and clarifications specified in other documents such as [Son-of-1036]. This is the first in a set of documents that obsolete [RFC1036]. This document focuses on the syntax and semantics of Netnews articles. [RFC5537] is also a Standards Track document and describes the protocol issues of Netnews articles@ independent of transport protocols such as the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) [RFC3977]. [USEAGE]@ ""Usenet Best Practice""@ describes implementation recommendations to improve interoperability and usability. This specification is intended as a definition of what article content format is to be passed between systems. Although many news systems locally store articles in this format (which eliminates the need for translation between formats)@ local storage is outside of the scope of this standard."
RFC 5536-2009 history
2009RFC 5536-2009 Netnews Article Format (Obsoletes: 1036)