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From: sloane@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: "requestable" control messages and ANU-NEWS enhancement?
Message-ID: <14994.253c6987@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 18 Oct 89 17:16:07 GMT
References: <3209.253b4e14@fps.mcw.edu>
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <3209.253b4e14@fps.mcw.edu>, brodie@fps.mcw.edu writes:
> I found out by CHANCE that my news system had sent out a reply to
> a recent "version" request from uunet.
> 
> I think that "requestable" control messages (uuname, version, sendsys) 
> should be additionally handled by the following:
> 
> 1) MAIL a copy of the request to USENET.   This is done with "newgroup",
>    "rmgroup", and (optionally) "cancel" messages.   Why not the others?

I suppose this is reasonable.  Personally, I am registered to read the control
group, so I see all this stuff anyway.  If it is REALLY important that you see
all the version and sendsys messages, just subscribe to control.  I use a kill
filter to skip over cancel messages.  It seems harmless enough to send out the
version number of the software without manual intervention.
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