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From: donn@sdchema.UUCP (Donn Seeley)
Newsgroups: net.news.b
Subject: Netnews on site 'linus' may have the article truncation bug
Message-ID: <1056@sdchema.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 19-Feb-84 21:03:46 EST
Article-I.D.: sdchema.1056
Posted: Sun Feb 19 21:03:46 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Feb-84 03:49:08 EST
References: <725@linus.UUCP>
Organization: Used Softwear Jobbers, Inc. (Clandestine Computer Services)
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After a long period of frustration at not being able to find the
perpetrator of article truncations, I think I may have found the
answer.  The article <725@linus.UUCP> arrived at our site with the
front end munged and with a nice short path.  Moreover, the format of
the article suggested that it began with a tab, which is the source of
a well-known bug.  A test article I sent that went through all the
sites on the path of <725@linus.UUCP> except linus came back to me
intact, even though it began with a tab.  This is hardly conclusive,
but it at least suggests that someone at linus ought to check their
software.

I have sent mail to linus!usenet and linus!root containing the bug fix,
but if (as is often the case) no one reads mail intended for either
'usenet' or 'root', then the effort will have been for nought.  If you
are reading this article on linus or an immediate neighbor of linus,
could you see that the appropriate authorities have a look at root's
mail?

It sure would be nice to zap the bug at a fairly major site like
linus...

Donn Seeley    UCSD Chemistry Dept.       ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdchema!donn
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