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From: joel@gould9.UUCP (Joel West)
Newsgroups: net.news.b
Subject: Posting to mod.* groups
Message-ID: <197@gould9.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Dec-85 18:56:50 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  2 18:56:50 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 3-Dec-85 20:22:37 EST
Organization: CACI, Inc. -- La Jolla, Calif.
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I have the 4/85 version of 2.10.3, so this may be fixed in a
later version.  However, here are two problems I found using
'postnews':

   1.	The .signature file is appended on articles posted
	to net.* but not mod.*.  Presumably this has to
	do with the mailing vs. rnews distribution logic.

	This leads to 0 or 2 signatures appearing in some
	articles, depending on whether you're in the habit
	of manually merging a signature, or not.

   2.	It is not possible to cross-post between net.*
	and mod.*, at least if the mod.* group is first.
	Example:
		Newsgroups: mod.computers.sun, net.micro.68k
	gets mailed to the "sun-spots" moderator with both
	groups in the heading.

	Some might think this shouldn't be supported, but
	I think it should.  Obviously the benefits to the
	backbone are not the same as for two net.* groups,
	but the benefits to the user (and maybe the reader)
	are the same.
-- 
	Joel West	 	(619) 457-9681
	CACI, Inc. Federal, 3344 N. Torrey Pines Ct., La Jolla, CA  92037
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