Re: faq server rejects my posting

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Jonathan Kamens (jik@annex-1-slip-jik.cam.ov.com)
Wed, 22 Feb 1995 19:53:21 -0500


From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 18:40:56 -0500

On Feb 22, 10:45, Roger Burns wrote:
} Subject: faq server rejects my posting
} The faq-server has rejected my posting, and I can't figure out why. It
} says that my posting header is not parseable, likely because of some
} inappropriate whitespace.

There's two spaces after Summary:. Should only be one.

} Summary: This posting answers general questions about the illness known as
} chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), also known as myalgic encephalo-
} myelitis (M.E.) and chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction
} syndrome (CFIDS).

That's not the problem. Any number of spaces is permitted after a
header field's tag. The problem was that the "blank" line between the
main and auxiliary headers wasn't actually blank; it had a space on
it.

Jonathan Kamens | OpenVision Technologies, Inc. | jik@cam.ov.com



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