On Jun 23, 21:26, Eric Thomas wrote:
} ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
} On Wed, 23 Jun 1993 19:35:31 -0400 Chris Lewis
} <[log in to unmask]> said:
 
} >The LISTSERV should notice that the article originated on news
 
} How?  The "Newsgroups:"  tag  doesn't  mean anything.  In  fact, you  can
} program LISTSERV to create one (for  some gateways that needed it - don't
} ask me, I just did what people said they needed).
 
While the Newsgroup tag isn't definitive (the responder may be replying
to a list-to-USENET presentation of a mailing list article), there are
other headers that are pretty good hints.  Such as Expires, Supercedes,
or Archive-Name tags (within the first couple lines of the body).  This
has the advantage of triggering primarily with official FAQs, where
you don't want to bounce them back at the originator.
 
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