Xref: utzoo news.admin:14718 news.software.b:8005 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!rex!ukma!kherron From: kherron@ms.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <1991May28.215756.26420@ms.uky.edu> Date: 28 May 91 21:57:56 GMT References: <1991May27.212911.13922@kithrup.COM> Distribution: na Organization: University Of Kentucky, Dept. of Math Sciences Lines: 28 mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!) writes: >C News will also, I gather, complain about Keywords:foo,bar >> anyone not following the RFC deserves, >> as several people (nearly everyone but you, it seems) have pointed out, to >> have their postings dropped on the floor. >Right. But the users who happen to be using the software written by the >person who didn't follow the RFC are innocent bystanders; and innocent >bystanders should not be punished. The headers accessible to the user need not be the same headers sent out to the world. The posting software is in a fine position to either fix the headers or bounce the article with a *meaningful* error message to the *correct* person. Why then, do you want it to pass the buck to software on another site? If the originating site makes sure the headers are right, then it has nothing to worry about. If it releases an article with an invalid headers, then it dropped the ball, not the user. Why should the transport agent fix up the article if the posting software couldn't be bothered to? Could it be because *you* wrote the posting software in question? -- Kenneth Herron kherron@ms.uky.edu University of Kentucky +1 606 257 2975 Department of Mathematics "So this won't be a total loss, can you make it so guys get to throw their mothers-in-law in?" "Sure, why not?"