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In article <1epd5aINN5af@dsinc.dsi.com> syd@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein) writes:

>I just switched to INN and I wonder....
>I am seeing hundreds of messages a day with distribution headers
>that match the newsgroup catagory (rec, sci, soc, comp, ...)

>INN is dutifly throwing them on the floor.  Should I add the
>base 7 as possible distributions or let it trash those groups?

Those are being generated by improperly installed newsreaders (and
I've been both flamed and complimented for arguing against using
group hieracrhies for distributions...) and technically should be
dropped. 

Practically, however, you may as well add them. I don't see the 
problem going away anytime soon.

You could liven things up by patching INN to send an "invalid Distribution:
header" message back to the poster; your email volume would pick up 
considerably for a while...


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