karl@osu-eddie.UUCP (11/29/84)
From: karl (Karl Kleinpaste) Something weird is going on out there. Yesterday, Lauren Weinstein's article about the satellite test came around with no problem. This evening, we got a second copy of that same article, except that this 2nd copy is damaged, and in some fairly obscure ways. The two paths by which it arrived are quite different. The major problem with the bad article is that various characters have been replaced by others, particularly '.', even in the Message-ID. Here below are the original, good-condition article as posted by Lauren and received here, followed by a diff of the good-condition and the bad-condition article. I don't work in the guts of news, so I don't know where to go looking for the problem, but I'd suggest tracing down the various machines in the bad article's path first. Diffs between articles (`diff good.article bad.article`): 3c3 < Path: osu-eddie!cbosgd!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!vortex!lauren --- > Path: osu-eddie!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!hudson!ihnp1!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!vortex!lauren 7c7 < Message-ID: <453@vortex.UUCP> --- > Message-ID: <4.3@vortex.UUCP> 9c9 < Date-Received: 27 Nov 84 14:00:22 GMT --- > Date-Received: 29 Nov 84 02:41:58 GMT 16c16 < already planning to send some of the mod.* groups and some of the --- > already planning to send some of the mod.*.groups and some of the 18c18 < that would also be suitable for broadcast if appropriately screened. --- > that would also be suitable for broadcast,if appropriately screened. 20,24c20,24 < I would appreciate it if anyone who would be willing to act as < a "screener" for netnews materials for the satellite experiment < would get in touch with me by mail as soon as possible. The idea < is to get a group of people, each of whom screens a certain segment < of netnews and filters out the unsuitable and repetitious materials. --- > I would appreciate it if anyone.who would be willing to act as > a "screener" for netnews mat.rials for the satel.ite experiment > .ould get in tou.h with me by mail as soon as possible. The.idea > is to get n group of pnople, each of w.om screens a ceztain segment > of.netnews and filters out the unsuitable and repetitious materials. 29c29 < scheduled into the satellite data stream on a repeating basis. --- > scheduled into the satellite data stream on a repea.ing basis. 31c31 < It would be helpful if volunteers were on machines willing to --- > It would be helpful if volunteers were on machi.es willing to Original article (with > in front of every line): >Relay-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site osu-eddie.UUCP >Posting-Version: version VT1.00C 11/1/84; site vortex.UUCP >Path: osu-eddie!cbosgd!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!vortex!lauren >From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) >Newsgroups: net.news >Subject: netnews "screeners" needed for satellite broadcasting >Message-ID: <453@vortex.UUCP> >Date: 26 Nov 84 02:25:23 GMT >Date-Received: 27 Nov 84 14:00:22 GMT >Organization: Vortex Technology, Los Angeles >Lines: 26 > >Greetings. The satellite broadcast netnews experiment will be >getting underway in just a few weeks, and it's time to start >worrying about the collection of materials for broadcast. I'm >already planning to send some of the mod.* groups and some of the >moderated fa.* digests, but there are a lot of other useful groups >that would also be suitable for broadcast if appropriately screened. > >I would appreciate it if anyone who would be willing to act as >a "screener" for netnews materials for the satellite experiment >would get in touch with me by mail as soon as possible. The idea >is to get a group of people, each of whom screens a certain segment >of netnews and filters out the unsuitable and repetitious materials. >Each would then encrypt the messages deemed suitable (using a >special program I will provide) and mail them off via UUCP to the >satellite gateway (the sitename I have chosen is "stargate"). >Once at the gateway, they will automatically be decrypted and >scheduled into the satellite data stream on a repeating basis. > >It would be helpful if volunteers were on machines willing to >call the gateway (in the Atlanta area) directly, but this is >not a requirement. > >Thanks much. > >--Lauren-- >{decvax, ihnp4, allegra, clyde, seismo}!vortex!lauren -- From the badly beaten keyboards of best address---+ him who speaks in _*_T_y_P_e_* _f-_O-_n-_T-_s... | V Karl Kleinpaste @ Bell Labs, Columbus 614/860-5107 {cbosgd,ihnp4}!_c_b_r_m_a_!_k_k @ Ohio State University 614/422-0915 cbosgd!osu-eddie!karl