Posted by Michael Fesser on 08/08/07 00:17

..oO(Rik)

>Which is not what I was referring to no (allthough I do like a bit of
>Metal :P). Google Groups is a lousy Usenet interface. The links I give you
>are unique id's of posts (allthough I conveniently forget to add a 'news:'
>protocol..). A normal reader _might_ make something of them (a lot don't).

You could use the form <news:local@domain>, which is preferred and
supported by nearly all news readers.

Some further tests:

http://schneegans.de/usenet/mid-schreibweisen/

Micha

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