news.bbs.nz is spewing duplicates to comp.lang.python

[Peter Pearson]

On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 21:42:42 +0000 (UTC), Eli the Bearded wrote:
> This just arrived at my newserver:
>
>     Path: reader2.panix.com!panix!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!news.unit0.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!4.us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!xmission!csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!.POSTED.agency.bbs.nz!not-for-mail
>     From: Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> (Eli the Bearded)
>     Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
>     Subject: Re: Getting a 401 from requests.get, but not when logging in via the br
>     Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:18:48 +1200
>     Organization: fsxNet Usenet Gateway | bbs.nz/#fsxNet
>     Message-ID: <3057175147 at f38.n261.z1.binkp.net>
>     References: <1492048974 at f38.n261.z1.binkp.net>
>     Mime-Version: 1.0
>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>     Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>     Injection-Info: news.bbs.nz; posting-host="8IWYKlztXHa0+IViEdY46zrq8kpk7dC9fTbT74JiSDQ";
> 	    logging-data="12595"; mail-complaints-to="abuse at news.bbs.nz"
>     User-Agent: VSoup v1.2.9.47Beta [95/NT]
>     X-Comment-To: dcwhatthe
>     X-MailConverter: SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
>     Lines: 36
>
> I find that very curious because the post is mine but which I
> sent out with these headers:
>
>     Path: reader2.panix.com!panix!qz!not-for-mail
>     From: Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com>
>     Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
>     Subject: Re: Getting a 401 from requests.get, but not when logging in via the browser.
>     Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:18:48 +0000 (UTC)
>     Organization: Some absurd concept
>     Lines: 37
>     Message-ID: <eli$2004201510 at qaz.wtf>
>     References: <48a2e19c-0a52-4cfa-b498-15e3d15b6a5c at googlegroups.com>
>     NNTP-Posting-Host: panix5.panix.com
>     X-Trace: reader2.panix.com 1587410328 23363 166.84.1.5 (20 Apr 2020 19:18:48 GMT)
>     X-Complaints-To: abuse at panix.com
>     NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 19:18:48 +0000 (UTC)
>     X-Liz: It's actually happened, the entire Internet is a massive game of Redcode
>     X-Motto: "Erosion of rights never seems to reverse itself." -- kenny at panix
>     X-US-Congress: Moronic Fucks.
>     X-Attribution: EtB
>     XFrom: is a real address
>     Encrypted: double rot-13
>     User-Agent: Vectrex rn 2.1 (beta)
>
> The timezone on the date header has changed, the subject has been
> truncated, the Path and injection info is all different, and most
> crucially, the MESSAGE-ID and REFERENCES are completely bogus.
> News servers rely on Message-ID to tell if a message is unique. Change
> it, and it is now a new message. Screwing up References: header while
> changing the Subject: is going to break news threading.
[snip]


Thank you for bringing this up.  I thought I was going crazy.


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