Re: 8.2.2

From: Charles Lindsey (chl@clerew.man.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Feb 16 2004 - 09:17:37 CST


In <87znbmn9xf.fsf@windlord.stanford.edu> Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> writes:

>Charles Lindsey <chl@clerew.man.ac.uk> writes:

>> 1. I initially proposed that the Injection-Date should normally be
>> rewritten by the injector if there was one already present on arrival.

>> 2. I was roundly told by yourself and John Moreno that this was wrong,
>> would lead to loops, and it was essential to keep the old Injection-Date
>> in all circumstances.

>In all circumstances where the article is accepted. The best thing to do
>when a posting agent includes an Injection-Date header is to simply reject
>the message.

OK, I have got confused by the failure of one of my earlier messages to
get posted. Please see the new thread "Injection-Date", and let us
continue this discussion there.

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