Hello Peter,
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 01:02:36 +0100 GMT (20/12/02, 07:02 +0700 GMT),
Peter Palmreuther wrote:
MAU>> And a minimum of 7 by the list server.
> I see only 5 lines added to the body by the server :-)
> *ahhh* You refer to 7 lines in header ... :-)
> Yes, could But I think _these_ lines are quite useful.
You think so. Others don't. I think X-Face (1 line) is useful. You
don't. My offer to you: I exchange 7 List-Header lines for one X-face
line. Interested? ;-)
You can have the footer, too. Nobody reads that anyway. How about the
sig? I see no value in it, you can see my name in the From address.
Some people even use cookies! These should be outlawed. It's a shame
TB supports them, especially those longer than one line. Oh, and then,
let's do away with the greeting. It is not useful. My attritubtion
line could be shortened too, surely.
I am looking at a way to reduce the number of Received headers. Surely
they are useful (most people check every mail about its routing), but
maybe I should use my own SMTP server after all, connect directly to
the recipient's server and thus reduce the number of header lines. If
I do that, will you allow me one line for the X-Face?
> If more ml software uses them and more MUAs implement it's
> interpretation it can be a help to list members. Especially those
> telling the same over and over again ("Send an empty message to ...
> to unsubscribe.", "Use the followin link to crawl through the
> archive ...", etc, etc.)
I absolutely agree. Those threads arising from people asking these
things, which you know already so aren't interested in downloading,
should be deleted on server side. After all, TB uses the ML headers
correctly, so they are useful, and any questions superfluous.
--
Cheers,
Thomas.
Moderator der deutschen The Bat! Beginner Liste.
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." -- Lord Kelvin,
president, Royal Society, 1895.
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