Xref: utzoo news.admin:15024 news.software.b:8167 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 91 12:13:47 GMT References: <1991Jun6.120359.5946@mp.cs.niu.edu> Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 21 rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes: > In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a * > >If a mail message is not correctly addressed, there are damn good reasons fo > >*not* forwarding it, as has already been explained in excruciating detail. > >Therefore we should silently delete badly-addressed mail messages. Eventuall > >people sending mail will correct their software and learn to be more careful > >so that erroneous messages do not occur. > > Mail is very different from news. So tell me: why is it OK to silently throw away news a person has written, but not OK to silently throw away mail a person has written? > I strongly support Henry and Geoff in maintaining high standards for news. So do I. All that I ask is that they report errors. mathew