Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site cbosgd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!cbosgd!mark From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: trying to locate duplicate articles Message-ID: <78@cbosgd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Jun-83 23:36:46 EDT Article-I.D.: cbosgd.78 Posted: Thu Jun 30 23:36:46 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Jul-83 22:36:28 EDT References: <687@uw-beaver>.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs, Columbus Lines: 14 One possible cause of a dropped message id is if a site sends news to another site in A format. I just discovered that decvax, while running 2.10 and having mostly 2.10 neighbors, is sending news to several sites in A format. A format will lose much information, including the message ID. Could I ask news admins to double check their sys files to make sure that A format isn't being used, unless their neighbor is really running A news? (A+ understands B format.) I don't know of many sites on the net still running A (microsoft is the only one I can think of, and I'm not sure about them), so A's are unlikely to be needed anymore. Mark Horton