Newsgroups: news.software.b Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: From-line checking Message-ID: <1991May30.165322.1585@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 16:53:22 GMT References: <5944.2843b113@nuhub.acs.northeastern.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (CNEWS MUST DIE!) writes: >Alt.atheism has been hit by a number of the following monstrosities... >How did they get past C News with a From: field like that? There is a limit to how much syntax checking C News does. It's gradually been creeping upward, but details of the From line are not currently examined. -- "We're thinking about upgrading from | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology SunOS 4.1.1 to SunOS 3.5." | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry