steve@thelake.mn.org (Steve Yelvington) (04/12/91)
[In article <1991Apr11.131037.11165@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu>,
cummins@unx2.ucc.okstate.edu (John Cummins) writes ... ]
> I've notices lots of posts lately with odd termination of lines
> ( looks like a backspace character instead of a carriage return-linefeed
> combibation). What could be munching up the CR/LFs at the end of each
> line? I find these message are usually interesting in content but I
> have to turn my vt-100 mode off on my "dumb" terminal and look at these
> messages with all control codes visible to read the screwy messages.
> Anyone else have problems with messages reading improperly (looks like
> missing lines, and an odd character at the end of most lines)???
If you're referring to the posts to .tech and .atari.st from Fidonet
gatewayed by egsgate, I've already complained about it, in mail (no
answer) and in news.admin (for which I got flamed).
Somebody running a gateway using FredMail software has a configuration
problem, which I can understand, and an inability to respond to mail,
which I cannot.
It is my belief that the badly formatted messages have hosed up some
Usenet news batches at intermediate sites, causing other messages from
innocent parties to be lost.
I was informed by my rude public correspondent in news.admin that the
problem was fixed the same day it occurred, but it continues to manifest
itself. It must be both of our imaginations, engaged in an anti-Fidonet
conspiracy. :-)
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Steve Yelvington, Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota, USA / steve@thelake.mn.org