Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!bukys From: bukys@rochester.UUCP (Liudvikas Bukys) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: "mod.all" and "Path:" Message-ID: <2472@rochester.UUCP> Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 10:16:01 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.2472 Posted: Tue Oct 23 10:16:01 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 24-Oct-84 07:46:42 EDT Distribution: net Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 23 There is a technical problem which some moderators may not be aware of. (I've told Steve Dyer, but now I see Chuqui von Rospach is doing it too.) +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The "Path:" header is used as a duplicate suppressor. If you | | put some system in the "Path:" of an article, noone will send | | the article to that system. As a result, the article will not | | be correctly distributed to the whole net. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ Your hearts are in the right place. I suppose that in some sense it would be nice to allow people who use the "Path:" for a return mail route to continue to to do. On the other hand, this is an poor practice and every little discouragement helps wipe it out. Use auto-routers, people! I don't have any good suggestions for what you should put in the path instead. (Well, actually, I can think of a few kludges that would resemble what you've got now but would fool the news distribution code. But I will not post obscenities to the net. Let's not abuse the code. Let's do it right.) For the interim, I suggest that moderators have the path look like just plain ...!modsys!group-request.