Threads falling apart

[Robert Klemme]

Hi folks,

recently my NR often fails to put news threads together. Is it just my NR
or is there still something wrong with the News <-> Mail gateway?

I guess, connected with this are header lines that look like this (just an
excerpt)

Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 01:48:25 +0900
From: (e-mail address removed)
Subject: Re: learning the "Ruby way"
<Pine.LNX.4.44.0311201150530.4491-100000@ool-4355dfae.dyn.optonline.net>
<Pine.LNX.4.44.0311201137580.4435-100000@ool-4355dfae.dyn.optonline.net>
X-ML-Name: ruby-talk
X-Mail-Count: 85850
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
X-rubymirror: yes
Message-ID: <[email protected]>

The subject like looks a bit odd to me, especially the <Pine...> items are
unlikely to belong there. Maybe some header line is missing there?

Good night

robert

 

[ts]

R> recently my NR often fails to put news threads together. Is it just my NR
R> or is there still something wrong with the News <-> Mail gateway?

Probably a problem with the gateway

R> Subject: Re: learning the "Ruby way"
R> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0311201150530.4491-100000@ool-4355dfae.dyn.optonline.net>
R> <Pine.LNX.4.44.0311201137580.4435-100000@ool-4355dfae.dyn.optonline.net>

The original message is

Subject: Re: learning the "Ruby way"
To: (e-mail address removed) (ruby-talk ML)
Message-Id:
<Pine.LNX.4.44.0311201150530.4491-100000@ool-4355dfae.dyn.optonline.net>
In-Reply-To:
<Pine.LNX.4.44.0311201137580.4435-100000@ool-4355dfae.dyn.optonline.net>


See the newline after Message-Id: and In-Reply-To:


Guy Decoux

 

[daz]

R> recently my NR often fails to put news threads together. Is it just my NR
R> or is there still something wrong with the News <-> Mail gateway?

Probably a problem with the gateway

See the newline after Message-Id: and In-Reply-To:


Guy Decoux

Right. The format is valid but presents an edge case.

<From http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html >
2.1.1. Line Length Limits
Each line of characters MUST be no more than 998 characters,
and SHOULD be no more than 78 characters, excluding the CRLF.
</>

Message id's can be long and can't wrap, so the mail agent raising
the problem has given the best possible chance of avoiding a
"disastrous wrap" by starting with a CRLF.

Meanwhile everyone else's mail/news agents are flouting the
recommendations by sending lines of more than 78 characters
without a care in the world.

IMHO they're lucky that email isn't transmitted on punch cards.


Herr Oelkers will look into it


daz