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!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!brl-vgr!wmartin
From: wmartin@brl-vgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Duplicating-article bug discovered!
Message-ID: <1667@brl-vgr.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 9-May-84 10:30:32 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.1667
Posted: Wed May  9 10:30:32 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 12-May-84 09:35:27 EDT
Organization: Ballistics Research Lab
Lines: 75

Some strange bug just appeared! Does anyone know what is causing this? 
Has it happened in the past?

I submitted an item to net.cooks from my USENET-access account on brl-vgr.
The heading in a file created with "s filename" from that item follows:


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 brl-vgr.ARPA
Path: brl-vgr!wmartin
From: wmartin@brl-vgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.veg
Subject: Roasting spices
Message-ID: <1463@brl-vgr.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 7-May-84 09:26:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: brl-vgr.1463
Posted: Mon May  7 09:26:08 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 7-May-84 09:26:08 EDT
Organization: Ballistics Research Lab
Lines: 12

[Text removed here to save space]


This does not contain the same "From" line displayed in the heading
block when you are running readnews, which is:

From: wmartin@brl-vgr.ARPA (Will Martin  @ Ballistics Research Lab)

Then, a few items down in net.cooks, the following appeared (first,
here is the heading info from a file created from the item):


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 moscom.UUCP
Path: brl-vgr!brl-tgr!seismo!rochester!ritcv!moscom!
From: wmartin@brl-vgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.veg
Subject: Roasting spices
Message-ID: <124@moscom.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-May-84 05:28:23 EDT
Article-I.D.: moscom.124
Posted: Tue May  8 05:28:23 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 8-May-84 10:45:53 EDT
Sender: news@moscom.UUCP
Organization: MOSCOM Corp, East Rochester, NY
Lines: 12

[Text again removed to save space; it was the EXACT SAME text of the
 first item, however.]


The "From" line in the readnews heading block for this item is:

From: wmartin@brl-vgr.ARPA (Will Martin  @ MOSCOM Corp, East Rochester, NY)

So, it seems, some software at MOSCOM likes my postings so much it 
tries to make them come from itself! It has copied the item, changed
part of the origin address, and put a new article-ID on it!

Is this happening to everyone? Will MOSCOM take over the net and
duplicate every article? Does the similarity between "MOSCOM" and "Moscow"
indicate that kremvax and kgbvax are involved? Tune in, same net-time,
same net-channel, for more on this sinister development! 

Actually, I don't mind, too much, but I want everybody to know that it
wasn't me at another account duplicating this message (and any more
that get so duplicated)!

(Do I get double credit for this message on the "Top 25 Submitters"
contest? I'm working my way up the list as fast as my little fingers
can type, but it's not easy to do that and maintain my high quality
level per posting! :-)

Will