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From: tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: sys file Ln option gets confused
Message-ID: <1989Aug3.211446.23118@attdso.att.com>
Date: 3 Aug 89 21:14:46 GMT
Reply-To: tim@attdso.att.com (Tim J Ihde)
Organization: AT&T DSO-HQ, Morristown, NJ
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There is an entry in my sys file such as the following:
    LocalLog:!to.all,all,all.all/all,!ihave,!sendme:L:/bin/rmail news

Normally this will mail me a copy of every article posted at this machine.
In the case of the following message, it appears that there is a second
"Path:" in the header somehow, and this is what is being used by the L
option to determine how many hops the article has traveled.

Based on the contents, it appears that this second bogus path was generated
locally.  My log entry on this article shows:
    Aug  3 16:36:27.000 attdso + <2161@hub.UUCP> LocalLog casux4 shuxd

I'm not sure if it is a problem with the poster or a problem with my
receiver (using C news) that somehow created this second path.  Has
anybody else seen this?

The mail I received follows:
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>From news Thu Aug  3 16:36 EDT 1989
Path: attdso!rolls!mtuxo!att!pacbell!ames!apple!usc!cs.utexas.edu!wasatch!helios.ee.lbl.gov!ucsd!hub!jhon
From: jhon@quid.ucb.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.china
Subject: test
Message-ID: <2161@hub.UUCP>
Date: 2 Aug 89 18:54:28 GMT
Sender: news@hub.UUCP
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of California
Lines: 1
Path: attdso!jhon.ucb.edu

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