From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 27676 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2020 06:12:18 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 2 Sep 2020 06:12:18 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id CC3589C0AE; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 16:12:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC32C9BFDB; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 16:11:34 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=fastmail.com header.i=@fastmail.com header.b="WcGHvXzX"; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=messagingengine.com header.i=@messagingengine.com header.b="IMZ7b0pc"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 250F09BFDB; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 16:11:31 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 459 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:11:30 AEST Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 049CF9BFDA for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 16:11:30 +1000 (AEST) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.internal [10.202.2.41]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1E295C00B7 for ; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 02:03:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imap35 ([10.202.2.85]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 02 Sep 2020 02:03:50 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.com; h= mime-version:message-id:in-reply-to:references:date:from:to :subject:content-type; s=fm3; bh=Qp44b4n6Z4dvODftYStKPjQVILfBri0 dLN/SwNFKB6Y=; b=WcGHvXzXCzGIVVyEYRQQhN7PEyJJ0ddcRoev4DDK2jMEQpx y1laiHlkrUiJTQY856ERjPZv1/X9afJIehMOXucSIOjMIk9+qajGRSXFkpJkc8bq gux6r29e0FoSAeJ40PFP8QfboL3VOU5WUGPj2tvh+/ad/gia6FEpDtaja1svfl17 CQBUXjiLtQtcEzJl17WnV9L8QrKElo4YYzkGYNTIfByQTteIB2MqZ4bj0+RXSZJ+ WYG3r0waujDAOO3wKH3+buzplZ5GPT/bo4NIJ6Zci+T7x1OLi5MiSdgtgw/zz4ZD zqrG4TvBp60cvY3eJexHxrJSjNsuOqV3MF6BjYg== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-me-proxy :x-me-proxy:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc; s=fm3; bh=Qp44b4 n6Z4dvODftYStKPjQVILfBri0dLN/SwNFKB6Y=; b=IMZ7b0pcewLbDCThDLCyAO 42ldQuhkd3Z2UCcH6FpKJbY1cFDknmeJTvOr6WDOc1H0peSQ6zY+knF8OWPAKnjY ckHuNLVHDcySCszPvTIpFTgXNC8/s+Hfa20XGgpDIge7GT1/b+CxuaG6R2b/edAs uswg3GunTMo+11aXk1YQkQRZU2qY3LvpW3yHSMVyQ3fFGr3akQfUgmGmEwfylOVJ 5aqfJn0g03dDOu1/AezuOkaLkIPBM4FTSsrkjHjLy9ODAKRsKfOFJHgDvUzWG3JX s7akyUc3T6rcOV9tDt1rHQNwp2Phi4WRnkCsl6niUt7LU/imQ/qhblIN3Bb8R2Mg == X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrudefkedguddtfecutefuodetggdotefrod ftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfhrghsthforghilhdpqfgfvfdpuffrtefokffrpgfnqfgh necuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepofgfggfkjghffffhvffutgesth dtredtreertdenucfhrhhomheptfgrnhguohhmkeefvdcuoehrrghnughomhekfedvsehf rghsthhmrghilhdrtghomheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepieefvedtveelffehudejgf ejieffffehleetfeefheelkeeuheelfeeuleegudffnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgep tdenucfrrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomheprhgrnhguohhmkeefvdesfhgrshhtmhgrih hlrdgtohhm X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 501) id 9E9D114C0229; Wed, 2 Sep 2020 02:03:50 -0400 (EDT) X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface User-Agent: Cyrus-JMAP/3.3.0-248-gcd102cb-fm-20200901.001-gcd102cb9 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <9bbab2bc-539b-489e-a3d7-61ef77257bb6@www.fastmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 02:03:28 -0400 From: Random832 To: TUHS Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Re: [TUHS] Unix tools to aid in the production of Internet RFCs? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, at 13:51, Tony Finch wrote: > Yes, very Not Unix. As Dan wondered, the best list for this question is > internet-history, I think :-) > > The Network Information Center was at SRI, and they used the ARC NLS: Doug > Englebart's Augmentation Research Center oN-Line System [1] but I get the > impression that by the 1990s nroff on Unix was the main tool for producing > RFCs. Was there a particular set of macros used? custom macros? ms? or does raw "nroff" have an easy way to produce those page headers and other things used in RFCs?