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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: <1cXL327w164w@mantis.co.uk>
Date: 27 May 91 13:15:47 GMT
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Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:
> In article <1991May26.082113@mccall.com> tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot) writes:
> >the RFC's before doing so. Are all your users required to read RFC822 and
> >RFC1036 before using news? Mine aren't, and I don't think they should be.
> 
>  I don't think users should be required to read RFC1036 either.  But I do
> think news software developers should, and should make sure that articles
> entered into the news system with their software are compliant.

Right. Now supposing they don't. Or supposing that, being only human, they
make a mistake (GASP!)

What's the result?  Innocent bystanders get punished by having their articles
silently deleted.

If you think those innocent bystanders aren't going to hold C News at least
partially to blame, then I think you're naive. And if you think they aren't
going to turn up in this newsgroup every few weeks or so and start a major
flame war over this issue, then I think you're naive.

Do you really want that?


mathew