Xref: utzoo news.admin:15504 news.software.b:8422 Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!torsqnt!lsuc!eci386!mauxci!problem!skypod!scott From: scott@skypod.guild.org (Scott Campbell) Subject: Re: Really funny jokes being missed Message-ID: <1991Jun22.112116.14486@skypod.guild.org> Organization: Skypod Communications Inc., Toronto, Ontario References: <1991Jun19.040304.6183@kithrup.COM> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 91 11:21:16 GMT In article mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*) writes: >sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: >> The articles in question were not news articles. They did not meet the test >> for news articles (RFC's of various sorts), therefore, if C News did not >> transmit them, it was not failing its purpose. > >Well, if you want to take that attitude, then from a pedantic viewpoint I >suppose you're right. However, I maintain that it's not a very helpful >attitude. It's much better to say "This is a news article, but it's badly >formatted". Compilers don't just say "This isn't a C program" and silently >delete the input; they give some useful information to the person who can >correct the error. Sure, but if you then send a copy of that program to someone else and it doesn't compile on their machine, their compiler doesn't send you mail saying: "Sorry, Mathew, that construct isn't allowed on a VAX". YOUR compiler is the one that gives you error messages. Same for news. YOUR news posting program should tell you if your news article is correct or not, NOT mine. If you can't be bothered to follow the standards, and you can't be bothered to run news software written by someone who at least knows someone who has a friend who read an RFC or two, don't complain to the rest of the net that your postings are not getting out. Me? I don't need posting software, I have a copy of the RFC at my side and post by: echo '---my article--' | inews :-) scott -- Scott J.M. Campbell scott@skypod.guild.org Skypod Communications Inc. ..!gatech!dscatl!daysinns!skypod!scott 1001 Bay Street, Suite 1210 ..!uunet!utai!lsuc!becker!skypod!scott Toronto, Ont. (416) 924-4059 ..!epas.utoronto.ca!nyama!skypod!scott