On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 20:44:13 -0500 Dan Meltzer
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| >``Content-Type:``
| >   Must be ``text/plain``. Mandatory.
| 
| Why have this header at all then?

Forwards compatibility.

| >   ``Posted:``
| >   Date of posting, in ``dd-mmm-yyyy`` format (e.g. 14-Aug-2001).
| > UTC time in ``hh-mm-ss +0000`` format may also be included. This
| > field is mandatory.
| How will prescendse be handled if two have the same date, and one has
| a time and the other doesn't?

Every existing client just sorts by filename... Multiple news items in
a day which require specific ordering is not exactly likely...

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