Actually it looks like someone has tried to set up a port-vax -> news 
gateway and screwed up. I'm guessing that each blank message is a "follow 
up" that someone has posted to port-vax that the software is attempting to, 
but failing to forward to port-vax.

--Chuck

At 07:55 PM 4/1/00 +0100, Peter Joules wrote:
>In article <000f01bf9c04$25e74920$7564c0d0@ajp166>, allisonp
><allisonp@world.std.com> writes
> >Is the listserv being spammed by this doof or is it a posting problem?
> >
> >>news@cosmic.com
> >
> >
> >Allison
> >
>
>It looks from the headers as if it has come through the NetBSD  port-vax
>list.  Either someone is practising for a spam or they have cocked up
>their configuration.
>--
>Regards
>Pete