Xref: utzoo news.software.b:7986 news.admin:14701 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!hela!wotan.iti.org!scs From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons) Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.admin Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: Date: 28 May 91 13:53:15 GMT References: <1991May26.164321.19550@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1cXL327w164w@mantis.co.uk> Sender: usenet@iti.org (Hela News Manager) Organization: Industrial Technology Institute Lines: 37 Nntp-Posting-Host: wotan.iti.org mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!) raves: >rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: >> 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!) Only reasonable. Why put the date in the article for users to muck with? The posting software should either get it right or fix it, not dump bad format news into the transport mechanism. >What's the result? Innocent bystanders get punished by having their articles >silently deleted. The posting software should catch such errors and inform the user while there is still a chance to fix it. The posting software should not dump bad news into the transport mechanism. >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. The user should blame the software that allowed me to post the bad date in the first place. The posting software should not dump bad news into the transport mechanism. As for flame wars, some *ssh*l* will turn up in this group and start one without the slightest regard for facts. -- "If we don't provide support to our users someone is bound to confuse us with Microsoft." -- Charles "Chip" Yamasaki