emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) (03/03/90)
My B News 2.11.14 croaks on articles with articles that look like this. Note the >To: and >From: headers. I'm converting to C News soon, not sure if this is a bug in B News, a bug in something else, or just a problem with bit.*. --Ed Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept. (fetched from zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu) article <DBASE-L%90022818341054@TECMTYVM.BITNET> 220 0 <DBASE-L%90022818341054@tecmtyvm.bitnet> Article retrieved, head and body follow. Path: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!MD3B2P!HMACK Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM.BITNET Gateway Message-Version: 2 >To: att!tecmtyvm.bitnet!dbase-l >From: hmack (Herbert C. Mack x6098) UA-Content-ID: <PMX-PC-2.0-003901-md3b2p-hmack-3879> End-of-Header: Email-Version: 2 UA-Message-ID: <ATT-2.01-hmack-164> Phone: 631-6098 End-of-Protocol: Content-Type: text Content-Length: 237 Message-ID: <DBASE-L%90022818341054@TECMTYVM.BITNET> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.dbase-l Date: Wed, 28 Feb 90 18:33:53 EDT Reply-To: Discussion on the use of the dBase language and related dialects <DBASE-L@TECMTYVM> Sender: Discussion on the use of the dBase language and related dialects <DBASE-L@TECMTYVM> From: hmack@MD3B2P.ATT.COM Subject: dBase Listing To Whom It May Concern, I am interested in receiving information regarding dbase, fox, and clipper. My return mail address is as follows: EMAIL DBASE -L md3b2p!hmack@att.att.com Thanks, Herb .
flee@shire.cs.psu.edu (Felix Lee) (03/04/90)
Edward Vielmetti <emv@math.lsa.umich.edu> wrote: >My B News 2.11.14 croaks on articles with articles that look like > >To: B News assumes that header fields start with an alphabetic character. I don't see any restriction in RFC 1036; RFC 822 says a field name can have any printable ASCII character except ':' in it. C News conforms to RFC 822. -- Felix Lee flee@shire.cs.psu.edu *!psuvax1!flee