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From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: A possible solution to the Expires: problem (and an apology)
Message-ID: <2829@phri.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Jul-87 20:03:56 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 30 20:03:56 1987
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In article <1026@moscom.UUCP> jgp@moscom.UUCP (Jim Prescott) writes:
> How about a new header line of the form:
> 	Supersedes: message_id [message_id ...]

	First off, yes, I think that's a wonderful idea.  Actually, you can
get the same effect (I don't believe I'm actually suggesting this) by
putting a very long expriation date on the original article and sending out
the replacement and a cancel control message for the first one at the same
time.  It's not as neat, but has the (non-trivial) advantage that it
doesn't require any changes to the news code.

	Second, I think I owe the net in general, and Chuq in particular,
and apology.  Over the past few days, I posted rather a number of articles
on the subject of the OtherRealms Expires: headers.  While I still stand by
everything that I said, the manner in which I said it was inappropriatly
harsh and antagonistic.
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016