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From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Bad message-ids make nntp croak
Message-ID: <683@brl-sem.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 16:53:02 EST
Article-I.D.: brl-sem.683
Posted: Fri Mar  6 16:53:02 1987
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In article <3685@oddjob.UChicago.EDU>, matt@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Ka Kahula) writes:
 > Messages from UMass.bitnet are showing up, chiefly in mod.music.gaffa,
 > with message-ids that do not conform to rfc850/rfc822.  Example:
 > 
 >    Message-ID: <870304165022.0000028A.AEHS.MA@UMass> (UMass-Mailer 4.03)
 > 
 > The extra string after the '>' is causing nntp servers to abort
 > connections.  I have sent mail to postmaster@UMass.bitnet and I will
 > post a cure for the nntp trouble.

The string in parentheses is legal.  Someone should fix NNTP.
It should ignore comments.

-Ron