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From: jthomp@hemaneh.Central.Sun.COM (Jim Thompson  Sun Dallas SWAN Engineer)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: suggested change for newsreaders
Message-ID: <414@texsun.Central.Sun.COM>
Date: 16 Mar 89 00:04:45 GMT
References: <2814479975@Stearns.Steinmetz> <11844@mailgw.cc.umich.edu> <13349@steinmetz.ge.com> <38@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> <2814973363@Stearns.Steinmetz>
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In article <2814973363@Stearns.Steinmetz> welty@steinmetz.ge.com (richard welty) writes:
>In article <38@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, Bruce Barnett writes: 
>*In article <13349@steinmetz.ge.com>, welty@steinmetz (richard welty) writes:

[discussion of inews and .signature files deleted.]

>
>on the other hand, the last time i used remote rn (over a year
>ago), remote inews wasn't checking the length of signatures and
>wasn't inserting the `-- ' either.  i seem to recall some mild
>flames were sent in my direction because i inadvertantly violated
>a convention of which i was totally unaware.
>
>in any case, i have now altered the slimebolics newsreader
>to insert the `-- ' automagyklly.  if remote inews still
>doesn't do this, would whoever maintains it these days
>consider fixing it?

Its fixed in the mini-inews included in the 1.5 version of nntp.

A quote from the coments:
/*
 * Itty-bitty inews for talking to remote server.
 * Simply accept input on stdin (or via a named file) and dump this
 * to the server; add a From: and Path: line if missing in the original.
 * Print meaningful errors from the server.
 * Limit .signature files to MAX_SIGNATURE lines.
 * No processing of command line options.
 *
 * Original by Steven Grady <grady@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, with thanks from
 * Phil Lapsley <phil@ucbvax.berkeley.edu>, who is now responsible for it.
 */

#define MAX_SIGNATURE   4

.....

                if (count > MAX_SIGNATURE) {
                        fprintf(stderr,
              "Warning: .signature files should be no longer than %d lines.\n",
                        MAX_SIGNATURE);
                        fprintf(stderr,
                        "(Only %d lines of your .signature were posted.)\n",
                        MAX_SIGNATURE);
                        break;

...

(Gawd, I hope that Phil doesn't sue me for posting 'his' code... :-)


Jim Thompson					 	jthomp@central.sun.com
"I woudn't recommend sex, drugs, or insanity 	 	Network Engineering
for everyone, but they've always worked for me."	Sun Microsystems
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