Re: NNTPC: Re: Great product!

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> Luke Bowker wrote :
> 
> But surely, the Organisation line is for the (person who posted the
> article)'s organisation?  How will allowing nntpcache to change this
> benefit anyone?  The Organisation doesn't say what server the article
> was sourced from, it contains information about the poster of the
> article.  Is this really something that you want to replace with your
> own information?
> 
> Yes, the poster's newsreader would allow you to set up the Organisation
> line, to include that information in their posts.
> 
> That doesn't make sense to me.
> 
> Rogan

What you say is true, however often the poster doesn't configure the
news-readers correctly and the Organisational field is not set.

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