Quoting Egil Kvaleberg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
>   B.  When fetching articles, check that the first name in the path
>       list corresponds to the name given in the corresponding
>       sys / newsfeeds entry, and complain loudly if it doesn't. May
>       also use an option to override, altough I would think most people
>       would like this as a safeguard against ISPs changing host names
>       anyhow.

I fetch news from news.frontiernet.net, but the path header says
"node17.frontiernet.net!<whatever>".  If you put this check in, make sure it
handles the "alternate" names for the site (the names after the slash in the
newsfeeds entry).

-- 
Paul Tomblin, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"An appointment is an engagement to see someone, while a morningstar is a
large lump of metal used for viciously crushing skulls.  It is important not
to confuse the two, isn't it, Mr. --?" - Terry Pratchett
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