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From: enger@europa.asd.contel.com (Robert M. Enger)
Subject: there are LOTS of messages with two @'s in them
Message-ID: <1991Jun11.232317.3580@europa.asd.contel.com>
Keywords: message-id nntpd duplicate
Organization: CONTEL Federal Systems
References: <1991Jun9.232828.17956@europa.asd.contel.com> <5930@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> <1991Jun10.164931.21555@europa.asd.contel.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 91 23:23:17 GMT
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On a lark I grepped through my history file looking for more than
one '@' in a message ID.  I found over 180 such messages.
(I keep a 40-day history file).  While they're not legal, they apparently
aren't truly rare.  Perhaps steps should be taken to harden the
nntpd software against these unsightly little beasties.

Bob
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Robert M. Enger
CONTEL Federal Systems
enger@seka.scc.com  (Internet)