Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!brl-vgr!wmartin
From: wmartin@brl-vgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Textless news items?
Message-ID: <2612@brl-vgr.ARPA>
Date: Sat, 17-Mar-84 16:45:48 EST
Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.2612
Posted: Sat Mar 17 16:45:48 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 18-Mar-84 08:29:49 EST
Organization: Ballistics Research Lab
Lines: 33

Every now and then I run across a newsgroup posting like the following:


Relay-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site brl-vgr.ARPA
Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site qubix.UUCP
Path: brl-vgr!seismo!harpo!decvax!decwrl!sun!qubix!msc
From: msc@qubix.UUCP (Mark Callow)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp,net.misc
Subject: Re: zork question
Message-ID: <935@qubix.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 17:37:02 EST
Article-I.D.: qubix.935
Posted: Fri Mar 16 17:37:02 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 17-Mar-84 10:42:04 EST
References: <708@seismo.UUCP>
Organization: Qubix Graphic Systems, Saratoga, CA
Lines: 12





There was no text following the above header information, however.
That's all that came out with an "s filename"; the header displayed
in readnews looked perfectly normal, but when I type a "<CR>", it just
gives me the next header, not any of the supposedly-existing "12 lines"
of text that is supposed to be there. I went back to this item repeatedly,
but cannot get any text displayed.

As mentioned above, this sort of thing happens on a few posted items,
seemingly at random.  What is the explanation?

Will Martin