Xref: utzoo news.software.b:7801 news.admin:14438 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!rex!uflorida!screamer!tscs!tct!chip From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.admin Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <28357D59.17BB@tct.com> Date: 18 May 91 19:15:37 GMT References: <1991May15.142241.10170@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> Organization: Teltronics/TCT, Sarasota, FL Lines: 15 According to mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!): >rdc30@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (LCDR Michael E. Dobson) writes: >> News software which generates articles that do not conform to the RFC is >> broken. Articles generated by such buggy software deserve to be discarded. > >Well, perhaps you'll explain that to the poor user who posts for weeks into >the void, unaware that the software he's using is generating bad headers. Administrators who get "bogus header" messages and don't pass them on deserve flamage. Software that (finally!) implements the relevant RFCs doesn't. -- Brand X Industries Custodial, Refurbishing and Containment Service: When You Never, Ever Want To See It Again [tm] Chip Salzenberg ,