[net.notes] missing response bodies

ber (04/03/83)

#N:harpo:18500019:000:528
harpo!ber    Apr  3 02:38:00 1983

zinfandel!mark has recently sent three notes (responses) which do not
conform to notesfile formats.  They all have no body and lack the apparently
obligitory blank line after the author and date.

The reason I noticed is that newsinput hangs forever trying to read
that missing newline - while (getc() != '\n') chew_up_the_cpu_forever;

All the while (...) ; statements I saw in newsinput make me nervous.
We should be more defensive programmers.

I'd be curious where the problem with the missing bodies lies.

		brian redman

ber@zeppo.UUCP (05/03/83)

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#R:harpo:18500019:zeppo:15500001:000:209
zeppo!ber    Apr 13 00:04:00 1983

ucbesvax!kavaler is now producing base notes with no bodies which of course
invoke the same behaviour as missing response bodies.   Maybe this is a known
problem?  zinfandel!berry probably knows it.


		brian

notes@zeppo.UUCP (10/24/83)

#R:harpo:18500019:zeppo:15500001:000:209
zeppo!ber    Apr 13 00:04:00 1983

ucbesvax!kavaler is now producing base notes with no bodies which of course
invoke the same behaviour as missing response bodies.   Maybe this is a known
problem?  zinfandel!berry probably knows it.


		brian