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Re: Setting the From: header in slrn
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lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp
Date: 
Mon, 10 Jul 2000 18:57:48 GMT
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
Don't mess with the Message-ID header.

i must have missed this message when you first posted it.
what's wrong with messing with the message-id header?  slrn took
care of it for me on it's own, but now i let your server do the
work.  :)  it's your server, so i'll leave it alone if you say
to, just wondering if there was a reason behind it.

--
To engage in experiments on heat was always one of my most agreeable
employments.
-Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) (1753-1814)



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  Re: Setting the From: header in slrn
 
(...) As long as your newsreader (or posting agent/client) either leaves it blank or sets it to a unique value, it's OK. But it's not something to mess with in the same way that other headers like the 'From:' line can be messed with. IOW, the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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(...) Don't mess with the Message-ID header. --Todd (24 years ago, 30-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.nntp)

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