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From: wisner@ims.alaska.edu (Bill Wisner)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b,news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: Misuse, confusion, re "Distribution: " header?
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.033822.27061@ims.alaska.edu>
Date: 30 Apr 91 03:38:22 GMT
References: <1991Apr29.142220.2308@dcs.simpact.com>
Organization: Amnesia International
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Older versions of B news would default an article's distribution to the
first component of the newsgroup name.  Many sites are still living in
the past.

It's my opinion that newsgroup names in distribution headers are put there
by users who don't understand the distribution mechanism.

Bill Wisner <wisner@ims.alaska.edu> Gryphon Gang Fairbanks AK 99775
bnug, dude
yeah
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