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In-Reply-To:  jas AT proteon.com   -- Fri, 1 Jun 90 11:56:15 EDT

John has made serveral good points but I was not aware that there was any
single point of contact for internet. I guess I thought anyone with sufficient
funds could connect to the internet. I guess part of the fault lies in the
apparent fact that there is no accountability requirement for internet
connections.

In any case it seems that the problem could be partly solved by the listserv
software itself. Simply reject any messages that do not have verifiable
Received: lines built. That wouldn't stop messages to non-listserv users but
those don't get distributed to hundreds of users. If the netnews folks want
their users to access internet lists then they can build Received: lines. If
they don't care then forget leave it the way it is. This type of problem is
cured in any event.

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Dennis Putnam, Service Manager
Boeing Computer Services
Alabama Supercomputer Network