[news.software.b] The space in: "The time 23: 59: 60"

Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM (06/23/91)

Did any of you see the header "Subject: Re: The time 23: 59:60"
                                                        ^ on Henry's
posting?  Somewhere there's something in some versions of C News or
something else that puts in a space in time fields in headers, e.g.,
when one uses these headers,

Subject: will the time be separated?: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 16:30:09 GMT
Summary: will the time be separated?: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 16:30:09 GMT
Keywords: will the time be separated?: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 16:30:09 GMT
In-Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM's message of Wed, 19 Jun 1991 16:30:09 GMT

one gets this result:

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Subject: will the time be separated?: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 16: 30:09 GMT
Summary: will the time be separated?: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 16: 30:09 GMT
Keywords: will the time be separated?: Wed, 19 Jun 1991 16: 30:09 GMT
In-Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM's message of Wed, 19 Jun 1991 16: 30:09 GMT

i've seen postings like that, but i've also seen unmolested ones.

geoff@world.std.com (Geoff Collyer) (06/23/91)

inews was a little overenthusiastic; it's being fixed.
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