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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: checksums in news
Message-ID: <XLK&W=*@b-tech.uucp>
Date: 25 Jul 90 14:21:50 GMT
References: <1990Jul22.195243.28379@zoo.toronto.edu> <19198@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: Branch Technology
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>}The trouble
>}with checksums is that most people would prefer a slightly mangled copy of
>}an article to no copy of the article.
>
>You're probably right about most people, but I'd guess that most people ~
>at sites with more than one main feed would prefer junking mangled ~
>articles.  And all people everywhere would probably prefer that a ~
>mangled copy get replaced by a good copy if one happens along somehow.

Maybe we need a "received but mangled" flag in the history file.


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Jon Zeeff (NIC handle JZ)	 zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us
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