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- In article <4fm7ps$lrl@ccnet2.ccnet.com> slider writes:
- >
- > Well then you really need to read up on newreaders or mail for that matter
- > If you newreader only showed <slider> then it's not reading the ID properly.
- > The <slider> format points directly to an ID containing my proper E-mail
- > address. This is standard now for news servers. The <slider> format provides
- > for easy quick listing instead of having email displayed addresses of say
- > 859749753.mikert@poklo.retrofit.alexan.buper.edu
- > I f your newsreader was updated at least to last years news post specs then this
- > would only show as <slider> and nothing more in the header. And any reply to sender
- > would automatically bring up slider@ccnet.com <slider> with the info in the <> being
- > ignored on send to e-mail.
-
- I suspect the reader in question is doing the same thing mine seems to
- -- read "From:" line; which for you is only showing "slider" with absolutely
- NO host information. Hopefully it will grab the "Reply-To:" line properly if
- something is actually mailed back to you. (The latter applies to my address
- to <G>).
-
- Sample headers in question follow:
-
- Xref: netcom.com comp.sys.amiga.applications:48443
- Path: netcom.com!ix.netcom.com!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!usc!ccnet.com!usenet
- From: slider
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Not Having to DL everything first to read
- Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Date: 12 Feb 1996 02:14:20 GMT
- Organization: Jay Miner........Father of great things and a true engineering visionary...he is sorely missed around the world
- Lines: 56
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <4fm7ps$lrl@ccnet2.ccnet.com>
- References: <1426.6615T1044T502@imaginet.fr>
- Reply-To: slider@ccnet.com
- NNTP-Posting-Host: h108-14-206.ccnet.com
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