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From: cathyf@lost.rice.edu (Catherine Anne Foulston)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: INEWS: adding a blank line before headers on moderated mail
Message-ID: <1991May21.182843.23014@rice.edu>
Date: 21 May 91 18:28:43 GMT
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Actually, I thought that was a B-vs.-C News thing.  What version of B
News are you using?  When we had B News (2.11.19, I think) we used the
moderation feature the same way you are, and it worked, because the news
Subject became the mail Subject, etc.  When we switched to C News we
started seeing what you're seeing: news headers treated as text of mail.

I asked the C News authors about this and was convinced (by Henry, I
think) that using the news headers for mail headers was not really a
Good Thing.  And I don't see any reason to do it other than to support
what was, of course, a hack.  So regardless of what part of your news
system it's coming from, maybe you should reconsider changing your
software and use a proper gateway program instead.  I think the newsgate
stuff handles cross-posts and other fun things better anyway.

	Cathy
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Cathy Foulston + cathyf@rice.edu + Rice University, Network & Systems Support