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Re: Progress so far, and a new header
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lugnet.faq
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Mon, 10 May 1999 16:21:30 GMT
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jsproat@geocitiesNOSPAM.com
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> But don't copy the name 'X-Ref' if you copy the data -- that would be wicked
> confusing because what you want is a reference to a prior article, and the
> 'X-Ref' header of NNTP articles *isn't* a reference to a prior article but
> rather an ID of an article.
I don't understand the difference -- is it just how the text is formatted,
or does that number do some magic?
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"I prefer the term para-mental. It keeps me out of the loony bin."
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 | | Re: Progress so far, and a new header
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| (...) It's a semantic difference. - 'References' refers to other articles (ancestors). - 'Xref' is self-referential and refers both to itself and to any other copies of the same article if it has been crossposted. So copying the 'Xref' header (and (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Progress so far, and a new header
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| (...) But don't copy the name 'X-Ref' if you copy the data -- that would be wicked confusing because what you want is a reference to a prior article, and the 'X-Ref' header of NNTP articles *isn't* a reference to a prior article but rather an ID of (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.faq)
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