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From: whscad1!kqb (Kevin Q Brown +1 201 386 7344)
Subject: CRYONICS Re: Sci.Cryonics posts

> [ Darran, I don't know how to forge email addresses on USENET, although
>   I hear that "real hackers" can do it. :-)  ...

One of the good things about CryoNet is that it includes several
"real hackers" who could tell me how to use "inews" to set the
"From:" line to the original author rather than to me.  Thank you!
I forwarded several postings to sci.cryonics tonight, using my
newly-found inews-hacking ability.  Would the sci.cryonics readers
please give me feedback on how those postings display on your news
readers?  (You can tell which postings they are.  They all give the
author's organization as 'Freezers "R" Us'!)  In particular, since
my intent is NOT to actually forge an email address, but rather
to show the correct author and also show that I was the one who
forwarded the message, please let me know if that is not clear
when you read the posting.  Thanks.

I also received an intriguing suggestion for a method to
automate the forwarding from CryoNet to sci.cryonics;
in addition to CRYONICS and CRYONICS.POLITICS postings,
create a third category called CRYONICS.SCI.  All messages
with CRYONICS.SCI in the Subject line would get sent to
both CryoNet and sci.cryonics.  One remaining complication
is that USENET messages usually have a "References" line
that shows what old messages, if any, the new message is
responding to.  (This enables USENET readers to follow a
particular thread rather than just plug straight through
all the new messages in a news group.)  Since CryoNet
messages do not have such References lines and the Subject
lines that people choose can be arbitrary, I am not sure
how to maintain properly and automatically the References
in the sci.cryonics messages.  Comments?  Suggestions?
                              Kevin Q. Brown
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