ietf-nntp BCP for RFC977 server/RFC1036 interaction

[Evan Champion]

On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Brian Kantor wrote:

> NNTP-Posting-Host is specifically to be set by the SERVER.  No client
> should attempt to set it; whether you flag that as an error or simply
> replace it depends on how you feel about people attempting to forge
> news into your system.  (That's why I put it into NNTP in the first
> place!)  Personally, I find rejecting the posting to be more satisfying.

Yes, I thought of that, but then I thought it might be even more 
satisfying if I caught the user doing something he shouldn't be.  I can't 
yell at him if the post was rejected by the server... :-)

Evan
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