[Pan-users] Re: Problems with some replies

[Jim Henderson]

On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:54:15 +0000, Duncan wrote:

> Jim Henderson <address@hidden> posted
> address@hidden, excerpted below, on  Fri, 12 Dec 2008
> 19:10:45 +0000:
> 
>> IIRC, isn't RFC-compliant usage of the References header to use the
>> root message in the thread (as best the client can determine), the
>> message being replied to, and the parent to that?
> 
> Now to correctly answer that, I'd have to go look up the RFC, wouldn't
> I?  That sounds like work! =:^)

That it does - I just kinda assumed you were more familiar with the RFCs 
than I was. :-)

> Regardless of RFC, tho, it's common sense.

Well, that rules *that* out.  Common sense is so uncommon these days. ;-)

> But what I suspect is happening here is the server is using a Bayesian
> filter on either all headers or the entire message, and keying in on

Could be, or it could be that they had a problem with a spammer using pan 
and blocked it using the postfilter - though usually, the spambots use 
custom software that helpfully identifies itself as such.

Jim

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