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From: Lars Enderin <lars.enderin@telia.com>
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Subject: Re: Do C++ and Java professionals use UML??
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 22:03:44 +0200
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2012-07-28 21:51, kensi skrev:
> On 27/07/2012 3:42 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> Why are half the people in this group suddenly switching to this
> news.tds.net NNTP provider?
> 
> I ask because that NNTP provider is b0rken:
> 
> 1. Every post has the same NNTP-Posting-Host header, even from people I
>    know are not sockpuppets of one another, e.g. you, Robert Klemmke,
>    David Lamb, and Jim Janney all have recent posts with
>    NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65.
> 
> 2. Posts through that server have the References: header stripped. As
>    a result, every time any of you posts through that server it breaks
>    a piece off the thread you're replying to, causing clutter and making
>    discussions more difficult to follow.
> 
> 3. It seems to fuck up character encodings, most noticeably when Vajhøj
>    posts or is replied to via TDS as he has a non-ASCII character in his
>    name.
> 
> Please switch back to your original providers, or if you can't for some
> reason, such as because they closed, please find something better than
> TDS to replace them with. AIOE works well enough for me and does not
> break References: when I reply or screw up encoding the ø character. It
> does not require signup. Eternal-September is something I often see
> recommended, does require signup, but is free. Either of those is
> probably better than (and maybe even cheaper than) this TDS, from all
> indications.

I, for one, did not switch to that provider, yet my last post,
addressing the same point as yours, got copied through it. I don't think
anybody else chose it either. The posts are copied with different
headers but the same contents. That server should be closed down.

-- 
Lars Enderin