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

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2 total messages Started by Alisdair Wren Fri, 05 Mar 1999 00:00

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Author: 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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Alisdair
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Re: (slightly off-topic) Forced presence of Usenet Organisation header

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Author: Brian {Hamilton Kelly}
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 1999 00:00

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In article <920652723.19323.0.nnrp-10.d4e48b20@news.demon.co.uk>
           {$NNTPJan98$}@dytes.demon.co.uk "Alisdair Wren" writes:

> 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.

I can state absolutely and categorically that no ISP (European or
otherwise) would EVER add an Organisation header.

An Organization header, OTOH, might be different.  [Hint: "local"
spelling variations count for nothing in the face of an RFC.]

I wasn't aware of any such "arrangement" as you describe.  As a sort of
test, I'm removing my customary Organization header from this post (which
will enter Usenet via Demon's mail2news gateway).  I note, incidentally,
that your post did not include any Organization header, which would seem
to give the lie to your theory, at least wrt Demon.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                         bhk@dsl.co.uk
      "You're one of the very rare few who can argue ad hominem, ad absurdum
       and ad nauseam simultaneously...worse still it looks like you want to
       carry on ad infinitum..."               WPSM on alt.config 1998/06/27

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