just an FYI - don't panic

Curtis,
	whay cant these lines be broken up with the current RIPE-181
line wrap rules ?

		--Tony.

 Curtis Villamizar <curtis at ans.net> writes:
  * 
  * All,
  * 
  * This is just an FYI.  I haven't been real enthusiastic about the idea
  * of submiting these aut-num objects to the RADB.  This was submitted to
  * a test database at Merit.  I will assert that this aut-num _cannot_ be
  * submitted by e-mail due to a minor RIPE-181 design oversight.
  * 
  * Lines of the following form cannot be broken up using the currently
  * defined RIPE line continuation:
  * 
  *   as-in:  from ASxxx 1 accept ASyyy AND NOT { ..very long list.. }
  * 
  * To break up this line using the RIPE line continuation would change
  * it's meaning.  In some cases, ASyyy expands to a few thousand networks
  * and the list of exceptions is tens of networks, though in a few cases
  * the list of exceptions is over a hundred.
  * 
  * Even if the list of exceptions is only a few tens of networks, the
  * lines very quickly become too long for some mail processing software
  * which can then mangle the lines in unpredictable ways.
  * 
  * The solution to this general problem is for RIPE-181 (and related
  * documents to support a general line continuation using the backslash
  * character at the end of the line to indiacte that there is more on the
  * next line.
  * 
  * Curtis
  * 
  * PS- The solution to this particular problem has been for ANS to load
  * this in a local database (using dbupdate, so using full sytax
  * checking) for testing rather than try to send it in the mail.
  * 
  * PPS- Yes, I will be forwarding patches to fix this so things like this
  * can be e-mailed in the future.  Later.
  * 
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  * - ------- Forwarded Message
  * 
  *   Date:    Thu, 11 May 1995 09:51:20 -0400
  *   From:    NSF Routing Arbiter Database Management <rradmin at radb.ra.net>
  *   To:      RADB object Submitter <rtmonger at ans.net>
  *   Subject: Re: 690 aut-num
  * 
  *   Your e-mail:
  *   
  *   >   From:    RADB object Submitter <rtmonger at ans.net>
  *   >   Subject: 690 aut-num
  *   >   Date:    Thu, 11 May 1995 09:45:52 -0400
  *   >   Msg-Id:  <199505111346.AA06021 at interlock.ans.net>
  *   
  *   has been processed by the automatic update procedure at the NSF Routing A
  * rbiter.
  *   Diagnostic output follows:
  *   
  *   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *   Update FAILED: [aut-num] AS690
  *   
  *   aut-num:     AS690
  *   descr:       ANSNET
  * 
  * [ ... further profanity truncated to save sanity ... ]



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