From: Bill Davidsen (davidsen@prodigy.com)
Date: Thu Mar 07 2002 - 10:33:34 CST
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, John Stanley wrote:
> Now, if the GATEWAY wants to mangle the Subject when it gates to mail, and
> the GATEWAY wants to keep a database of mangled subject/news message id
> pairs, that's outside the scope of this standard, where it should be. And
> if some "entity" posing as a news client wants to mangle the body of an
> article so that it functions as a bug tracking system while still using
> the news standard for message format and transmission, that's also outside
> the scope of this standard, where it should be. More power to them.
>
> But to say that an injector should be allowed to mangle Subjects because
> some gateway into mail might use that to keep track of messages is, well,
> silly at best.
Don't ever use anyone on this list as a reference if you apply for a
job as a diplomat.
Rudeness noted, I agree that changes to a news standard to allow use as
something else should be avoided. Particularly when they impact existing
news clients and practice.
-- -bill davidsen <sugob.resu@prodigy.net> "The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the last possible moment - but no longer" -me