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From: mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: net.mail,net.news
Subject: Re: Data compression to lower phone
Message-ID: <435@mcgill-vision.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Jun-86 22:18:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: mcgill-v.435
Posted: Thu Jun  5 22:18:46 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 6-Jun-86 05:01:02 EDT
References: <327@spdcc.UUCP> <8200002@nucsrl> <2369@phri.UUCP>
Organization: McGill University, Montreal
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Xref: linus net.mail:1560 net.news:4110
Summary: Don't compress the Path: line

In article <2369@phri.UUCP>, roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes:
> In article <8200002@nucsrl> gore@nucsrl.UUCP writes:
>> [...] a site that passes news articles to other sites could just pass
>> on the compressed form [...]
> [...] The toughest [problem] is [that of appending the hostname to
> the Path: line].  No way to do that [still compressed].  Pity.

So compress just the invariant text, big deal.

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  Now it's inews pacifier lines.
  What will it be tomorrow? ]
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