karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) (11/08/88)
Thanx to Casey for pointing out this problem to us. As near as I can see, however, the problem is not with us, but with a system called `spl1' elsewhere. I found a couple of sample duplicated articles in comp.sys.next and diff'd the originals against the weird-looking duplicates. Take a look at this: [86] [8:40am] tut:/usr/spool/news/comp/sys/next> diff 583 705 1c1 < Path: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!accelerator!baloo.eng.ohio-state.edu!abali --- > Path: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!uwvax!tank!nic.MR.NET!shamash!nis!ems!amdahl!uunet!csdev!ll1a!spl1!laidbak!att!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!accelerator!baloo.eng.ohio-state.edu!abali 5c5 < Message-ID: <956@accelerator> --- > Message-ID: <8548@spl1.UUCP> 8c8 < Sender: news@accelerator --- > Sender: news@spl1.UUCP [87] [8:41am] tut:/usr/spool/news/comp/sys/next> diff 617 711 1c1 < Path: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!accelerator!baloo.eng.ohio-state.edu!abali --- > Path: tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!husc6!uwvax!tank!nic.MR.NET!shamash!nis!ems!amdahl!uunet!csdev!ll1a!spl1!laidbak!att!rutgers!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!accelerator!baloo.eng.ohio-state.edu!abali 5c5 < Message-ID: <967@accelerator> --- > Message-ID: <8735@spl1.UUCP> 8c8 < Sender: news@accelerator --- > Sender: news@spl1.UUCP It appears to me that site spl1 has taken the article in, chewed on it a while, and then reposted it to the network again. This is Bad. Naughty boy. As to why it got back here and went out yet again, I don't know. Normal Path: audit trails should have kept husc6 from handing it back to us since we already appeared in that list. Regardless, it was re-accepted for what were evidently legitimate reasons: a unique Message-ID. My map files show spl1 as the Software Public Library in Chicago. Could the admin of this site please take a look? Thanx, --Karl