[net.news] automatic net.test responses

henry (09/13/82)

Our system automatically responds to any net.test message by mailing back
a note along the lines of:

	Your net.test article was received here at `date`.
	We trust it was really necessary to send it to the whole network.

The other day somebody replied to the reply:

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>From pur-ee!iuvax!dcm Fri Sep 10 21:19:48 1982 remote from decvax
Date: Fri Sep 10 12:47:31 1982
To: pur-ee!decvax!utzoo!root
Subject: test response

Your net.test response was received here at Fri Sep 10 12:00:00 EDT 1982.
We trust it was really necessary to respond to it.
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