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From: smb@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (Steven M. Bellovin)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Article Classification is the key to solving USENET problems.
Message-ID: <11518@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com>
Date: 11 May 89 15:26:15 GMT
References: <3222@looking.UUCP> <3233@looking.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
Lines: 6

Mechanisms such as ``References:'' lines and keywords will not be
used properly until there are readers that take advantage of them.
That is, in today's Usenet there is very little reason to retain
or create such lines; they just create goo.  Yes, they were invented
for a purpose -- but most users neither know nor care.  Once the
readers are out there, the usage will take care of itself.