🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1991Jun13.141538.21196@oar.net> karl.kleinpaste@osc.edu writes:
>So test your ability to reach the known universe:
>
>	[52] [10:04am] ashley:/usr/lib/news> fgrep .test newsgroups
[...]
>	misc.test               For testing of network software.  Very boring.
[...]
>	vmsnet.test             Test messages.
[...]
>Pick one or more; I recommend misc.test with a world distribution.
>Auto-responders for *.test the world over will babble happily at you
>about your postings, if and when they get them.  Lack of response is a
>wonderful indicator of failing software.  If necessary, you can then
>argue with your feed's newsadmin over the issue.

Great idea.  Those of us that are well connected get inflicted with the
rash of bounce messages from sites that auto-reply to Path: headers
and create incorrect To: lines.  True, a lack of response is an indicator
of failing software, but that does not guarentee that the failing
software is the one you are trying to test.

Death to auto-repliers!

	-David

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