Problem with multi-line References

Problem with multi-line References

[Mark Boyns]

A friend mentioned to me that his newsreader is having problems with
the References header that Gnus is generating.  Apparently Free Agent
and Netscape cannot deal with a multi-line References header.  The
exact header line looks like this:

References: <51s9c0$jur@clark.zippo.com> <51uekc$mu2@carol.fwi.uva.nl>
	<5261ig$2ue@scotsman.ed.ac.uk> <526k4e$oq6@goonsquad.spies.com>

I have to assume that multi-line References are valid so I guess the
other newsreaders are broken.  Maybe there should be a way to keep the
References on a single line?

Re: Problem with multi-line References

[Richard Pieri]

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>>>>> "MB" == Mark Boyns <boyns@sdsu.edu> writes:

MB> A friend mentioned to me that his newsreader is having problems with
MB> the References header that Gnus is generating.  Apparently Free
MB> Agent and Netscape cannot deal with a multi-line References header.

Then they are broken.  RFC <mumble> states that headers may span
multiple lines so long as you indent continuation lines with
whitespace.

MB> I have to assume that multi-line References are valid so I guess the
MB> other newsreaders are broken.  Maybe there should be a way to keep
MB> the References on a single line?

This is GNU Emacs you are talking about, here, so of course there is a
way.  But catering to someone else's broken software does not get that
software fixed.

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Re: Problem with multi-line References

[Steven L Baur]

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Pieri <ratinox@unilab.dfci.harvard.edu> writes:
>>>>> "MB" == Mark Boyns <boyns@sdsu.edu> writes:

MB> A friend mentioned to me that his newsreader is having problems with
MB> the References header that Gnus is generating.  Apparently Free
MB> Agent and Netscape cannot deal with a multi-line References header.

Richard> Then they are broken.  RFC <mumble> states that headers may span
Richard> multiple lines so long as you indent continuation lines with
Richard> whitespace.

Red Gnus no longer breaks References: lines, so Mark's problem is
``fixed in the next release'' ...

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What are the last two letters of "doesn't" and "can't"?
Coincidence?  I think not.

Re: Problem with multi-line References

[Paul Franklin]

>>>>> Steven L. Baur writes:

 > Red Gnus no longer breaks References: lines ...

I noticed.  My posting to nntp+sunsite.auc.dk:emacs.ding got munged
because of a long Reference: line.

Sigh.  There's just no way to win.

--Paul

Re: Problem with multi-line References

[Per Abrahamsen]

>>>>> "PF" == Paul Franklin <paul@cs.washington.edu> writes:

PF> I noticed.  My posting to nntp+sunsite.auc.dk:emacs.ding got
PF> munged because of a long Reference: line.

Yes.  It could be formail, mini-inews, or dnews.  My guess is the
mini-inews from lynx (which stole it from nn).  Sigh.  

Re: Problem with multi-line References

[William Perry]

Mark Boyns writes:
>A friend mentioned to me that his newsreader is having problems with
>the References header that Gnus is generating.  Apparently Free Agent
>and Netscape cannot deal with a multi-line References header.  The
>exact header line looks like this:
>
>References: <51s9c0$jur@clark.zippo.com> <51uekc$mu2@carol.fwi.uva.nl>
>	<5261ig$2ue@scotsman.ed.ac.uk> <526k4e$oq6@goonsquad.spies.com>
>
>I have to assume that multi-line References are valid so I guess the
>other newsreaders are broken.  Maybe there should be a way to keep the
>References on a single line?

  This is just completely retarded behaviour on the other newsreaders
behalf.  Not understanding wrapped header lines is right up there with not
being able to handle virtual newsgroups.  OH wait...

-Bill P.