Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!lsuc!dave From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: extraneous "ReSent" header lines Message-ID: <1507@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Jan-87 20:26:36 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.1507 Posted: Mon Jan 12 20:26:36 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Jan-87 18:58:16 EST References:Sender: root@lsuc.UUCP Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 34 Summary: can it be stopped? In article ghoti#@andrew.cmu.edu (Adam Stoller) writes: > [usual B news header lines] >ReSent-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 87 20:41:50 est > >ReSent-From: postman#@andrew.cmu.edu > >ReSent-To:nntp-xmit#@andrew.cmu.edu > >Return-path: > >To: outnews#ext.nn.comp.sources.d@andrew.cmu.edu > >In-Reply-To: <375@oblio.UUCP> > > > [text deleted] I'm seeing increasing numbers of articles with all this extraneous header information, separated by blank lines. rn can't be made to skip this stuff, and it's a pain to read at 1200 baud. Would the people responsible (at CMU?) please look into changing their software so this junk doesn't appear? While you're at it, I might suggest the Message-ID line is rather silly. What's wrong with a simple sequential number, instead of nine pieces of information separated by periods? Thank you. David Sherman The Law Society of Upper Canada Toronto -- { ihnp4!utzoo seismo!mnetor utai watmath decvax!utcsri } !lsuc!dave