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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Time for 8 bit news, isn't it?????.
Message-ID: <3722@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 22 Jul 90 02:38:10 GMT
References: <777@hades.ausonics.oz.au> <15688@bfmny0.BFM.COM> <1990Jul21.054016.10409@looking.on.ca>
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>This is nothing new.  The last major changes in the format of news articles
>were Supersedes: and References:   These were added around 1985 -- that's
>centuries ago in the computer/networking world.
>
>AND WE STILL CAN'T USE THEM TODAY!!!!

I use "References:" all the time; you're just not using the right
newsreader.  (Hey Wayne!  Isn't it soup yet? :-))

No, the References: lines aren't always correct, or complete; "trn"'s
thread-constructor also works from Subject: lines (philosophical
objections to the null device, please, linking by subject *gets the job
done better than only using the reference lines* in today's imperfect
world).  However, they *are* used, and *do* come in handy....