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inews "From:" field goofups...

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From: Dermot Tynan
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1989 19:28
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OK, OK, I screwed up.  It seems 'inews' here replaced some (not all, just
*some*) of the From: fields with *my* return address.  As a result, I
have been inundated with responses to some of the postings.  In future, I
will be paying strict attention to inews, and its interpretation of From:
fields.  I would also ask that before you reply to a posting, you check
the From: field.  If it came from me, chances are, the field is wrong.
Except, of course, for this posting :-)

I seem to remember a similar problem with comp.dcom.telecom some time ago.
Does anyone have any idea what it is that inews didn't like about the
original From: field?  Also, in replying to postings, remember that I am
currently clearing out a backlog, so a lot of this stuff is really old.
Thanks...
						- Der
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From: dtynan@zorba.Tynan.COM (Dermot Tynan)
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Subject: inews "From:" field goofups...
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Date: 22 Mar 89 19:28:55 GMT
Organization: Tynan Computers, Sunnyvale, CA
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