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In article <199511110147.AA00930@moroder.demon.co.uk>
           robotron@moroder.demon.co.uk "Stephen Mulrine" writes:

> In article <816033810_OASIS_@swampdog.demon.co.uk>, guy@swampdog.demon.co.uk
> (Guy Harrison) wrote:
> > In article <5936_pbaker@mettav.demon.co.uk>
> >  pbaker@mettav.demon.co.uk (Paul Baker) said:-
> >>It works 1001f the time now..
> >          ^^^^^
> >Ah! - the newsgroup mutation I've been waffling on about. Was this 
> >originally:
> >It works 1001f the time now..
> >Anyone else experiencing this?
> This can't be a problem at the Demon end - they'd surely have noticed by
> now.  It's not at the recipient's end - I've seen the problem using both
> NOS/SNEWS on the ST and Free Agent on the PC.  And crucially, Paul Baker's
> article arrived corrupted and Guy Harrison's arrived intact, although they
> both used percentage signs.  The problem must lie at the sender's end -
> either with the news-posting software used (easily checked by examining the
> files in your spool directory before connecting) or in one or more versions
> of NOS itself.

I've posted an article which appeared with some percentage signs intact, and
some corrupted, so it must be an obscure fault wherever it is.

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