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From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
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Subject: Re: An apology for the invalid control messages.
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Date: 10 Aug 90 21:15:46 GMT
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In article <EMV.90Aug10112634@urania.math.lsa.umich.edu>, emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes:
> In article <9008100218.AA23766@mindcrf.mindcraft.com> karish@mindcrf.UUCP writes:
> 
>        And it would be practically impossible to add a new control message
>        to the currently-recognized set.
> 
> B News, perhaps.  I think in C News it's just a matter of dropping a shell
> script in the right place, I think....

You misunderstand.  If netnews dropped control messages it didn't
understand, how could anyone invent a new one and expect it to be
propagated?  Wait for the whole net to upgrade its code...?