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Re: Another missing message (was Re: Posts expiring?)
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Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:45:23 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.nntp, "N. W. Perry" <nateomatic5@netscape.net> wrote:
Oh, here's what must the problem: this message (of all messages, irony
of ironies) is missing its X-Real-Life-Name header. It must have
suffered an existential crisis and imploded.

You have a very keen eye!

That is interesting and ironic indeed! The post says the feature "was recently
added" (past tense), which means that lugnet.announce:37 should have had that
header inserted. In fact, #36 and #38 (before and after) have it.  That is odd
indeed!

--Todd



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  Arcane technical history of LUGNET
 
(...) That, or an insistent mind. ;-) (...) Yeah, this is what I was noticing earlier, that I thought might be a clue to the problem. (I now think it's a mirage, a nothing-burger.) "Recently added" turns out to be 9/30/98, two days after launch; (...) (2 months ago, 11-Jun-26, to lugnet.admin.nntp)  

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  Re: Another missing message (was Re: Posts expiring?)
 
(...) Oh, here's what must the problem: this message (of all messages, irony of ironies) is missing its X-Real-Life-Name header. It must have suffered an existential crisis and imploded. :-D (2 months ago, 11-Jun-26, to lugnet.admin.nntp)

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