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From: herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (daniel lance herrick)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: TR3-6.ZIP - Operate PC from a remote location, or monitor
Message-ID: <2655.27831dc4@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 3 Jan 91 17:04:20 GMT
References: <1637.w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> <743@giaea.gi.oz>
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In article <743@giaea.gi.oz>, doug@giaea.gi.oz (doug thomson) writes:
> When I came back, I was most surprised to find a posting claiming to be
> from me, including the full overview of TeleReplica! A closer inspection
> of the headers revealed the message id to be:
>     <1637.w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL>
> which seems to suggest it was actually posted by Keith.
> 
> Now naturally, as a shareware author, I am grateful for any publicity,
> but I wonder if it is common knowledge that not all the postings in this
> group are actually made by the person indicated in the "From:" line? I
> subsequently checked the message id field of other messages of the form,
> "my program is now available from SIMTEL20," and found several, from
> various different authors, all originating from w8sdz@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL.
> 
> I can see some advantages in doing things this way: anyone who replies to
> the posting sends mail to me rather than Keith; and indeed, the bulk of the
> message did originate from me, even though I did not post it. Nevertheless,
> I feel a little uncomfortable that I appear to be using the net to
> advertise my own product - I would feel better about it if it was clear
> that the posting was being made by an archive site moderator who had
> independently decided that my product warranted such an announcement (I
> guess this is why I am posting this message...).
> 
> If this is a common practice that everyone else was aware of, then please
> excuse my ignorance and ignore this posting. In any case, this posting is
> not really relevant to this group, except in so far as the original posting
> was in this group, so I ask anyone posting a follow-up to consider carefully
> which group would be most appropriate.
> 
> Doug.
> (doug@giaea.oz.au)
> ....!munnari.oz.au!goanna!giaea!doug

I'm a net newcomer who just read RFC 822.  It provides a header
Sender: for the situation in which the account putting something
into the mail is different than the text provided with the From:
header.

There is a very specific advantage in having the announcement
posted by the keeper of the archive - the files are in the
archive when the announcement appears.  Just put into your transmittal
letter the things people need to know to decide whether they want
your program.

dan herrick
herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com