From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!eisx!pyuxbb!mkg
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: mush heads unite -- what good is net.test anyway?
Article-I.D.: pyuxbb.151
Posted: Tue Jun 29 12:43:43 1982
Received: Wed Jun 30 03:44:41 1982
References: utzoo.2215


I agree with Laura.  *.test should not be distributed.  I have a simple
fix to ifuncs.c that prevents any test message from being transmitted.
The article IS posted on the local system so it can be read by the
submitter to verify that all is well.

diff 2.8generic/src/ifuncs.c 2.8src/src/ifuncs.c
46c46
< 		if (ngmatch(h.nbuf, srec.s_nbuf)) {
---
> 		if (ngmatch(h.nbuf, srec.s_nbuf) && !ngmatch(h.nbuf, "all.test,")) {

If you really MUST exercise a link, use to.system!!!

   Marsh Gosnell  BTL Piscataway  (201) 981-2758  npois!pyuxbb!mkg