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(slightly off-topic) Forced presence of Usenet Organisation header

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From: Alisdair Wren
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 00:00
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This is slightly off-topic, and has rather more to do with policies of 
the internet as opposed to standards etc...

I have often seen Organisation headers added by ISPs to Usenet articles 
posted without a user's Organisation header.  I have heard it said
(perhaps erroneously) that European NNTP peering arrangements force all 
ISPs to add Organisation headers to their customer's posts.

The appropriate RFCs state this header is optional, and that it should 
represent the organisation of the poster, both of which may be 
invalidated by such a policy.

As such, should NNTP posting software always add an Organisation header? 
Are these claims about European peering arrangements even true?

Thanks for any insights
Alisdair

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From: alisdair@nospam.demon.co.uk (Alisdair Wren)
Subject: (slightly off-topic) Forced presence of Usenet Organisation header
Date: 1999/03/05
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