Path: utzoo!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!well!jef
From: jef@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: What should go in the References: line?
Message-ID: <14624@well.UUCP>
Date: 19 Nov 89 02:10:44 GMT
References: <1920@psuhcx.psu.edu>
Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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In the referenced message, wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) wrote:
}In article <14619@well.UUCP> Jef Poskanzer <jef@well.sf.ca.us> writes:
}|If you don't want *your* message trees fragmented, then fix *your*
}|software.
}
}And what do I do about my feed's feed's feed, who drops every third article?

You are losing a third of the news and you want to complain about a
few missing message-ids?  You have a strange sense of priorities.

Get a new feed.  Better yet, get two.  Then install a tree-structured
news reader.  *Then* you can complain.
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Jef

      Jef Poskanzer  jef@well.sf.ca.us  {ucbvax, apple, hplabs}!well!jef
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