Tom Limoncelli (but amended by Christoph Badura and others):
A long time ago there was news software [B News] that handled "Distribution:
world" as a special case.  Ever since then, everyone has (incorrectly)
assumed that this is still so.  It is not.  "world" is just another
distribution like "nj" and "usa".  Some very smart people say it is a
useless distribution since leaving out the "Distribution:" header means
"no restrictions".

Therefore when you specify a list of distributions in your sys file, don't
forget to include "world", or people posting on your machine that include
"Distribution: world" will not have their posts distributed.

To clarify, INN, but not C News, allows you to specify which Distributions
you will _accept_ in your ME line.  C News allows you to specify this field,
but ignores it; only your neighbor's sys file entry for _your_ system
determines which distributions you will receive.

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