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[Aahz Maruch]

In article <3c3097c7$0$79590$e2e8da3 at nntp.cts.com>,
Howard Knight <howardk at cts.com> wrote:
>Aahz Maruch (aahz at panix.com) wrote:
>>
>> I don't think that cancels affect python-list, but the admins should
>> probably set up a filter to ignore the REPOST: articles based on the
>> X-Reposted-By: header.
>
>Actually, a better filter would be the "resurrector" pseudo site in the
>Path line.  That way, if anyone else besides Guido resurrects posts, it
>will filter those out too.  Here's a sample of one of Guido's Path
>lines:
>
>   Path: ...!news.noc.cabal.int!resurrector!guidorepost!not-for-mail

Possibly; what I meant, though, was filtering on the *existence* of
X-Reposted-By:, not the value of the header.  That ought be more
efficent and just as accurate.
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