Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site munnari.OZ Path: utzoo!linus!gatech!seismo!munnari!kre From: kre@munnari.OZ (Robert Elz) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Missing news in the new "mod" groups Message-ID: <1003@munnari.OZ> Date: Sun, 10-Nov-85 16:23:33 EST Article-I.D.: munnari.1003 Posted: Sun Nov 10 16:23:33 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Nov-85 08:05:22 EST References: <1001@munnari.OZ> <179@gould9.UUCP> <1@im4u.UUCP> Organization: Comp Sci, Melbourne Uni, Australia Lines: 33 Summary: My worst fears are confirmed - the ucbvax gateway is a disaster Munnari received the following article in mod.telecom a few minutes ago, I'd be willing to bet that a reasonable fraction of the net will never see it ... (I have deleted immaterial header lines, and the text, in the interests of brevity) > Path: munnari!seismo!cbosgd!ucbvax!ihnp4!kitty!larry > From: ihnp4!kitty!larry@UCBVAX > Newsgroups: mod.telecom > Message-ID: <8511092155.AA01482@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> > Date: 9 Nov 85 21:55:47 GMT > Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Notice - the article was sent to the telecom mailing list from the address on the "From" line. From whichever site actually maintains the list, it was sent to Berkeley to be gatewayed to mod.telecom (the fact that the mail item happened to be routed to the arpa list via ucbvax is irrelevant). Now look at the "Path" line. That claims that the article arrived at ucbvax from ihnp4 - so this article will never be sent there. Anyone who gets news from ihnp4 (probably a few sites there!) is going to miss this one completely. Of course, the poster's site (kitty) is going to miss it in any case, even if they have a news feed other than from ihnp4. Erik: this MUST be fixed. John's solution (in <1@im4u.UUCP>) looks to be the best that is possible (that is, send replies to the "request" mailbox of the list maintainer). Robert Elz ...!seismo!munnari!kre kre%munnari.oz@seismo.css.gov