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