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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: Tired of bogus subject lines?
Message-ID: <6276@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 24 Sep 89 22:06:52 GMT
References: <1650@unocss.UUCP> <112@blekko.UUCP> <6120@ficc.uu.net> <2454@auspex.auspex.com>
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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I said:
>The right way to follow threads is the references line. If you really want
>to do a good deed get people to fix the software that breaks *that*.

In article <2454@auspex.auspex.com>, guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:
> Would everybody who advocates not using the subject lines to link
> threads please either:

> 	1) come up with a way to make your favorite thread-linking
> 	   mechanism work on gatewayed groups such as
> 	   "comp.unix.wizards";

Put the references lines (and other magic lines) *after* the header, the
way Fidonet apparently does it, and the way the sources groups do it.

i.e.:

+ From: no.such.user@cup.portal.com 25 Dec 1969 00:12:45
+ Subject: Re: Re^n: Heinlein was a Bozo
+ Message-ID: <2^n-1@cup.portal.com>
+
+ Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.jerry.pournelle
+ References: <24.dec.1969.23.20.12.verbose.10096425176284@verbose.BITNET>
+
+ Heinlein was god, you scum-sucking fascist.
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