Xref: utzoo news.admin:14936 news.software.b:8130 Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!alembic!csu From: csu@alembic.acs.com (Dave Mack) Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <1991Jun4.193039.18424@alembic.acs.com> Organization: Alembic Computer Services, McLean VA References: <1991Jun3.195955.15328@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 1991 19:30:39 GMT In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) writes: >rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: >> Cnews correctly notifies the responsible party - namely the news admin at >> the site where the article is dropped. > >So you admit that the admins running C News are the ones responsible for >articles being lost? That's very decent of you. Well of course we're the ones responsible. We installed the March 91 Cnews patches *knowing* that it would mean that some articles would be discarded. So what? Here's a clue for you, mathew: we are not obligated to ensure that *any* article gets propagated. And if any article doesn't conform to the relevant RFCs, there are damned good reasons for *not* propagating it, as has already been explained to you in excruciating detail. If the software you use to post articles with doesn't produce valid headers, that is *your* problem, not ours. Bitch to the people responsible for your posting software. I agree that it would be nice (though certainly not mandatory) to warn people whose software is screwed up that it is, but only if the overall impact on the net is negligible. If Henry and Geoff come up with a patch that does this is some sensible fashion, I'll install it. Until then, shit happens. -- Dave Mack