Xref: utzoo news.admin:15585 news.software.b:8473 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: Articles rejected by C news at ukma Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 91 17:45:44 GMT References: <1991Jun26.155257.5692@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 26 henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: > It is important to remember that the Internet robustness principle reads, > precisely (from section 1.2.2 of RFC1122): > > Be liberal in what you accept, and > conservative in what you send. > > Not "generate". "Send". When you relay an article, you are sending it. > The site next door sees little difference between articles you originate > and articles you pass on. To properly implement the robustness principle, > when you relay traffic you *must* make sure it meets the specs, either > by repairing deviations or by rejecting nonconforming articles. Right. But "rejecting nonconforming articles" is not being "liberal in what you accept". So C News does not obey the robustness principle of RFC1122 as written. You may or may not be right to disobey RFC1122, but I wish you'd just come clean and say that that is what you are doing, rather than quoting the RFC in your responses as if you were actually following it. mathew