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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Subject: Re: Why are C news message-IDs so non-minimalist?
Message-ID: <TM+HD^@b-tech.uucp>
Reply-To: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Organization: Branch Technology, Ann Arbor, MI
References: <1989Nov30.162609.9435@phri.nyu.edu> <EZRVsR_00WBFQBElwa@andrew.cmu.edu> <5:CS3_@splut.conmicro.com> <1989Dec3.073310.18501@utzoo.uucp> <YRQVP1@b-tech.mi.org> <12928@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 89 14:47:28 GMT

>>/* string of some valid message id characters */
>>
>>char	string[] = "!#$%^&*_+|-=~`{}'/?ABCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ1234567890";
>
>This code, or something like it, is failing with older B News software
>that doesn't like "/" in the Message-ID's, because it uses them to
>construct filenames in /tmp.  If you are currently doing this, please
>consider changing your code for the sake of others' sanity.

Anyone using mkid should remove '/' to accommodate this B news bug.  Does
anyone foresee any other problems with the character set (even though they
are legal according to the rfcs)?

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Jon Zeeff    		<zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Branch Technology 	<zeeff@b-tech.mi.org>
