Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!tw From: tw@hp-pcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: Re: A Thought on Newsgroup Structure Message-ID: <6000001@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Sun, 12-Feb-84 15:54:00 EST Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.6000001 Posted: Sun Feb 12 15:54:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 03:36:40 EST References: <240@apollo.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard Portable Computer Division - Corvallis, OR Lines: 23 Nf-ID: #R:apollo:-24000:hpcvln:6000001:000:1170 Nf-From: hpcvln!tw Feb 16 12:54:00 1984 > /***** hpcvln:net.news / apollo!rees / 11:31 am Feb 13, 1984*/ > Subject: Re: A Thought on Newsgroup Structure - (not nf) > > The problem is that notes doesn't conform to the usenet standard > for formatting articles. It has its own idea of what the headers > should look like, and it tosses out the "References:" line, while > inserting a bunch of junk into the body of the article. > > I've heard all the "moving target" arguments, and I sympathize, > but all you notes fans should get off your soapboxes long enough > to bring notes up to the standard for message interchange that the > rest of us have agreed to. > /* ---------- */ If you'll examine the header for this article (generated with notes) you will find that it conforms completely to the "Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages", and that it contains a "References:" line which refers to your own article [assuming that there isn't an 'A' news site between yours and mine, something not under my control]. You might also notice that 'a bunch of junk' was not inserted into the body of the article. Tw Cook - HP Portable Computer Div, Corvallis OR - hp-pcd!tw