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From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!)
Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.admin
Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed
Message-ID: <wZ49228w164w@mantis.co.uk>
Date: 20 May 91 15:10:19 GMT
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Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
> Administrators who get "bogus header" messages and don't pass them on
> deserve flamage.

Unfortunately, it seems there are quite a few sites out there whose system
administrators have better things to do with their time than read the log
files and send mail messages to people whose articles have been junked.

As a general principle, it is unwise to design software in such a way that it
relies on system administrators being conscientious individuals.


mathew