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From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b
Subject: Re: Possible solution to C news dropping articles?
Message-ID: <3631@litchi.bbn.com>
Date: 12 Jun 91 13:15:31 GMT
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In <1991Jun10.182410.2731@agate.berkeley.edu> jbuck@forney.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck) writes:
>For NNTP users, we can do even better: change the mini-inews program to do
>the checks before talking to the NNTP server.  Then Pnews need not be changed
>at all.
I have an inews that fully verifies all headers.  It uses the NNTP
LIST and HEAD commands to verify newsgroup, moderation status, "can
you cancel this?" and so on.  It will be ready for public release in
the fall.
	/r$
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