From: Clive D.W. Feather (clive@demon.net)
Date: Wed Sep 22 1999 - 05:23:12 CDT
Russ Allbery said:
> That practice should be deprecated. Moderators shouldn't be modifying
> message IDs; it can lead to loops and other unpleasantness. Currently
> they have to do so to some degree because messages come through mail and
> mail message IDs aren't necessarily valid for news; with this standard,
> we'll standardize an encapsulation protocol for sending messages via
> e-mail and the encapsulated article must have a valid message ID already.
Firstly, how do we know articles mailed to moderators will always be
encapsulated in this way ? We don't.
Secondly, is the moderator sent an article or a proto-article ?
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