Re: Has anyone come across this

Chris Molnar (cmolnar@newn.com)
Tue, 26 Aug 1997 21:55:24 -0400 (EDT)

On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, James Vahn wrote:

> On Tue, 26 Aug 1997, Chris Molnar wrote:
>
> > Hello, sorry if this is a bit off topic, but I am starting to get requests
> > from moderators of backbone echos to drop there echos because I am
> > converting them to newsgroup format on my system.
>
> Keep the Usenet-style data out of the messages. A proper gateway will
> be invisible to the Fido side. If this isn't the case, then they have a
> reason to complain. I've found that converting the news to email is a
> good solution.

Ok, I can accept that.... Why doesn't ifmail in it's default setup do this
properly? And how can I change it.

>
> Having moderators complain about your system is very bad for both ifmail
> and Fido.
>

Ifmail needs to handle the Unix headers better and get rid of them on the
fido side.....

It also needs to create the TO on the fido side better from replies.

Chris