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From: sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Why can't I include more?
Keywords: postnews inews
Message-ID: <25@tdatirv.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 90 23:32:41 GMT
References: <154@wgate.UUCP> <2668@dali>
Reply-To: sarima@tdatirv.UUCP (Stanley Friesen)
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In article <2668@dali> osyjm@caesar.cs.montana.edu writes:
>It's a "feature" in inews.  The purpose is/was to keep people from sending
>around duplicates of entire articles, and then adding one line such as
>"Me Too"...  With the References: line, it's easy to go back and see
>what the original article said, so why send it twice?

Except that between propagation delays and limited spool space the original
article is often (usually?) expired by the time a response gets back.  Thus
the reference line is of rather limited usefulness.

(BTW, This can cause problems with mail responses as well - I have recieved
responses to things so late that I couldn't remember what i had said)

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