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From: aipdc@castle.ed.ac.uk (Paul Crowley)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b
Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed
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Date: 30 May 91 11:29:26 GMT
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In article <1991May29.221015.1865@druid.uucp> darcy@druid.uucp (D'Arcy J.M. Cain) writes:
>That's like arguing that print spoolers should correct spelling because
>users make spelling mistakes. 

No, it's like arguing that if a print spooler is going to junk files
with spelling mistakes it should at least tell the user about them.

>So, the $64K question:  Who or what should take responsibility for
>the correctness of news headers?

I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear in my original post.  This isn't
the $64k question at all, and the answer to your strawman question is
obviously B.  The $64k question is:  Who or what should behave sensibly
when it sees an incorrect header?

>   A) The novice poster that probably hasn't even heard of an RFC.
>   B) The software that injects the message into the net.
>   C) The software that transports the message around the world.

And the correct answer is:
A.  B.  C.
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