Re: [PROPOSAL Mk2] alt.comp.software.thunderbird

Adam H. Kerman <[email protected]> wrote:

>If a News server has the control.* hierarchy set up, then control
>messages appear that if they barely resemble control messages but cannot
>be fed to ctrlinnd to create the newsgroup locally.

In addition, if control.* groups aren't set to disallow posting, then
articles that merely have a control.* group on the Newsgroups header
will also show up. These are ordinary News articles and not control
messages at all!

That a control message was received at the server or an article shows up
on a control.* newsgroup is just not reliable because not all useful
syntax checks have been performed.