Aduke.2111
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Tue May  4 12:12:50 1982
Re: unc.3397: Re: news from unc is still *cked up!

Also referencing sdcarl.288.

Practical:  Sorry it is causing problems.  The fix exists
but was not installed.  It will be installed before next month.

Causal:  The "A+" news at Duke and mcnc reformats header lines.
This is due to reformatting **"B" format articles**,
not due to conversion between A and B format.

Theoretical:  (mostly flame):  There is *no* B news documentation
that says what A+ news is doing is incorrect.
I find it ironic that A transfer format was fairly precisely defined
at a time when there was only one format and only one news program.
(A transfer format explicitly uses ctime(II) format.)
Now comes "B" format, defined mainly by how B news happens to work.
(Steve Daniel and I are partly to blame for not taking
an interest in defining the new format.)
A+ news attempts to support the RFC-733 standard for B format articles.
Unfortunately, we misinterpreted part of the standard.
On the other hand, B news doesn't support RFC-733 either.
I found the frustrated tone of sdcarl.288 understandable,
but I do not consider us to be the guilty party.
       Tom Truscott

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