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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.mail
Subject: Re: Missing message bodies
Message-ID: <339@pyuxn.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Nov-83 12:07:31 EST
Article-I.D.: pyuxn.339
Posted: Fri Nov  4 12:07:31 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 7-Nov-83 21:13:39 EST
References: <856@drux3.UUCP> <1028@watcgl.UUCP>
Organization: Bell Labs, Piscataway
Lines: 20

Apparently a few of the decapitated articles are indeed aborted attempts
at news followups.  But it seems that the vast majority are not, rather
they are truly decapitated or dismembered at some point in their travels.
(Don't you just love the imagery??)  Articles that claim to have 42 lines
arrive with only three, often looking like:

	Newsgroup: net.uselessness,net.sludge
	Subject:  The existence of God scientifically proven
	Lines: 42

	f the other one.
	The answer is seventeen.  Comments?
				Ted Useless (dippo!leppo!putzo!tedu)

It would also appear that this newsgroup (and others) have seen a flurry
of articles just like this one, complaining about the problem, but no
solutions or explanations have been posted.  (The explanation involving the
aborted followups only applies to some cases.)  Are there any answers??
Guidelines??  					Rich Rosen   pyuxn!rlr
		    (not reachable thru leppo, which is not delivering mail)