Re: FAQ postings mistaken for Supersedes (HipCrime) attacks?

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Jeanne A. E. DeVoto (jaed@jaedworks.com)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:35:49 -0700

At 12:00 AM -0700 10/23/98, Peter_Kappesser@promail.com wrote:
>Thoughts? My view is that simply dropping articles only because they
>have Supersedes lines is an inappropriate response to the HipCrime
>problem.

Well, it strikes me as just about exactly as inappropriate as dropping FAQs
because they're widely crossposted, considered as a response to spammers.

Unfortunately, the inappropriateness of it hasn't stopped news servers from
doing it. I suspect if this idea that "Supersedes: is used by newsgroup
vandals" idea gets wide currency, the same thing will happen and
Supersedes: will become useless.

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