Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!netserv2!deven From: deven@rpi.edu (Deven T. Corzine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: ka9q for amiga wanted... Message-ID: Date: 12 Mar 90 20:22:12 GMT References: <86@tygra.UUCP> <1990Mar11.013846.10011@haven.umd.edu> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 23 In-Reply-To: louie@sayshell.umd.edu's message of 11 Mar 90 01:38:46 GMT On 11 Mar 90 01:38:46 GMT, louie@sayshell.umd.edu (Louis A. Mamakos) said: louie> Oh, and please don't put "poster" in the followup: header line. louie> That's for newsgroups, not cutsy stuff like that. Since this louie> question has come up a few times before, I decided to post the louie> response. Using "Followup-To: poster" is perfectly valid. It's a legitimate, defined keyword documented in the RFC on News messages. It simply means that if someone tries to followup to the article, the newsreader is supposed to automatically treat it as a "reply" command and use mail to the poster instead of posting the reply. Unfortunately, few (if any) newsreaders actually implement this, at present. Deven -- Deven T. Corzine Internet: deven@rpi.edu, shadow@pawl.rpi.edu Snail: 2151 12th St. Apt. 4, Troy, NY 12180 Phone: (518) 274-0327 Bitnet: deven@rpitsmts, userfxb6@rpitsmts UUCP: uunet!rpi!deven Simple things should be simple and complex things should be possible.