Re: Injection-Date and reinjection

["Charles Lindsey" <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In <87wt3j625d.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Russ Allbery <rra@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Forrest J Cavalier <mibsoft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> There is no concise way to describe a "proper" re-injection.  There are
>> too many special cases and exceptions.  The role of such software is not
>> clear.  Is it a relay?  Posting agent?  Gateway?

>This is actually exactly the question that I think we can answer, by
>saying that it's a gateway.  That's the closest analogy, since a gateway
>is already a sort of posting agent.

But a posting agent is not so obviously a sort of gateway.

I think the answer is that it may be a Posting Agent and it may be a
Gatway. but in fact it will often be a confused situation where the four
parties involved (first injector, second injector and the two injecting
agents) all have a different view of what role they are playing, whether
by accident, by misunderstanding, or by deliberate intent.

>  It's definitely not a relaying agent

True, though one of the parties might believe he was relaying.

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