Subject: Re: Distribution: header line?

From: [email-masked] (David Edwards)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 95 00:48:37 GMT

Paul Jones ([email-masked]) wrote:
> I noticed that PINE was not putting "Distribution:" headers in news articles.
> Thinking this might be a problem, I noticed that _many_ people do not
> use "Distribution:" headers.  Is this an obsolete header line or is
> "world" the default when one is not otherwise specified?

For world distribution, the Distribution: header should either be left 
blank, or left out completely. 

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