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Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One

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Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> writes:
> > Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> >> "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> writes:
> >> > On Sat, 4 Jul 2015 20:53:05 -0700, Norm X wrote:
> >> >> This message is X-posted to alt.comp.hardware & comp.mobile.android.
> >> >
> >> > Not sure, but I don't think it made it to comp.mobile.android. There's a
> >> > space in your Newsreader header.
> >> 
> >> Looks fine to from here.  (The syntax is quite liberal about
> >> whitespace)
> >
> >   No the syntax is *not* quite liberal. It's only that many News servers
> > or/and newsreaders are 'liberal' about accepting/processing crap from
> > non-compliant newsreaders. But to be fair, we can't expect them to
> > already get it after only three-plus decades, can we!? :-(
> 
> What did you have in mind?

  In the older standards/RFCs a space *between newsgropups* in the
Newsgroups: header was not allowed. So the OP's header

> Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware, comp.mobile.android
           
was not allowed.

  The newer/current standards/RFCs are more lenient, because they allow
for FWS (Folding White Space), but as the name implies, that's intended
for *folding* (too) long lines, not for use within a short line.

  Because there is always a lot of old(er) software around, the mantra
is "Be strict in what you send and lenient in what you accept.". So the
OP's newsreader SHOULD NOT have put the space in the list of newsgroups,
but other software - News servers and newsreaders alike - SHOULD accept
the 'broken' Newsgroups: header, and the latter is exactly what
happened.

-- 
Frank Slootweg, (also) News Admin in a previous life.

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Android for my Acer Aspire One Norm X <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2015-07-04 20:53 -0700
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Big_Al <Big_al@invalid.com> - 2015-07-05 07:40 -0400
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 20:47 +0100
    Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-05 20:18 +0000
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-07-05 21:39 +0100
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Norm X <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2015-07-07 15:17 -0700
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-05 21:58 +0200
    Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 21:10 +0100
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-05 20:25 +0000
        Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 22:02 +0100
          Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-06 18:37 +0000
            Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-06 20:24 +0100
              Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-06 21:42 +0000
      Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-05 22:27 +0200
        Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2015-07-05 22:02 +0100
          Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2015-07-06 19:43 +0200
  Re: Android for my Acer Aspire One Ammammata <ammammata@tiscalinet.it> - 2015-07-07 07:03 +0000

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