On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:38:32 +1000 Daniel Pittman <[email protected]> wrote:
DP> Um, I should possibly say that the header isn't illegal by the standard, just DP> not defined officially. So, it isn't /wrong/ to use it, as such, any more DP> than the extra headers various MTA / GroupWare packages use for internal DP> and/or external routing or whatever. IIRC Lars considered submitting the Face header for approval but got discouraged by the bureaucracy surrounding the process, so he just made it a de-facto standard as far as Gnus is concerned. Usually such headers have to begin with "X-" so an RFC zealot could complain. DP> So, yeah, the recipient is in the wrong and all, I think. Mostly. Except DP> that Face headers /are/ a waste of ~ 1KB per email out and all. Yeah, I learned quickly to turn them off for work when they kept showing up in paper printouts from less capable MUAs. Ted _______________________________________________ info-gnus-english mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-gnus-english
