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Re: Posting problem with the web-interface!
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lugnet.admin.general
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Sun, 9 Jan 2000 03:43:39 GMT
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mattdm@/NoSpam/mattdm.org
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
> This is clear at least - Todd, CNews is in violation of this. I think
> implementing it could be a good idea, but not high-priority at this
> time, as I haven't noticed anything breaking from them.
I just noticed a post in the web interface yesterday to which the "Message
is in Reply To:" was obviously and completely wrong. May be related. I'll go
search for it again.....
> Ah, the infamous Son-of.
> The problem there is that Son-of-1036 is not an RFC yet, due to
> certain "issues".
Yes, but since this is an issue to which the existing RFCs don't speak at
all, it's at least worth looking at.
> Note that the 1000 character limit is more or less grabbed from thin
> air in So1036.
Yes, noticed that.
> There is good evidence that more than one newsreader as well as news
> transport (among others, apparently CNews) has a limit at 512.
> RFC's 1036, 822, 850, 733 mention none of 511, 512, 998, 1000.
> In other words, there are no standards, except de facto ones - and
> those seem to be along the 512 line. Early versions of tin (<2.7,
> ISTR), IIRC, truncate bluntly at 512.
This is obviously broken, however!
> So Todd.. the ball's in your court. Do you want to be the one with the
> broken newsserver, or the one to fix it? ;)
:)
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| (...) This is clear at least - Todd, CNews is in violation of this. I think implementing it could be a good idea, but not high-priority at this time, as I haven't noticed anything breaking from them. (...) Ah, the infamous Son-of. The problem there (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jan-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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