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Re: ietf-nntp BCP for RFC977 server/RFC1036 interaction

Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net> Thu, 19 December 1996 05:03 UTC

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Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:00:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Evan Champion <evanc@synapse.net>
To: Brian Kantor <brian@nothing.ucsd.edu>
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Subject: Re: ietf-nntp BCP for RFC977 server/RFC1036 interaction
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On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Brian Kantor wrote:

> NNTP-Posting-Host is specifically to be set by the SERVER.  No client
> should attempt to set it; whether you flag that as an error or simply
> replace it depends on how you feel about people attempting to forge
> news into your system.  (That's why I put it into NNTP in the first
> place!)  Personally, I find rejecting the posting to be more satisfying.

Yes, I thought of that, but then I thought it might be even more 
satisfying if I caught the user doing something he shouldn't be.  I can't 
yell at him if the post was rejected by the server... :-)

Evan
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