On Tue, 2 Sep 1997 23:00:50 +0200 Eric Thomas said:
>On Tue,  2 Sep 1997  15:25:50 CDT Chris  Barnes <[log in to unmask]>
>said:
>
>>Hmmm. Since it seems that most Usenet servers accept it anyway,
>
>You mean NETNEWS? :-) Anyway, by  not interfering I meant not removing an
>"Approved:"  tag  that  was  already   there,  not  ending  up  with  two
>"Approved:" tags, etc.


Yes, NETNEWS is the gatewaying server, but when the article gets
propigated throughout the rest of Usenet, the other servers seem to
accept it as well (or do they just accept it because they are getting it
via a feed vs a person?).

At any rate, I understand not muging an existing Approved: tag.  But
if one doesn't exist at all, then it shouldn't cause problems for
Listserv to create the first occurance, would it?

By no means am I complaining about this.  In large measure, I'm trying
to understand how (and why) this works the way it does.