Re: resending & empty subjects

["Edward J. Sabol" <sabol@alderaan.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

Excerpts from mail: (13-Nov-98) Re: resending & empty subjects by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
>> X-From-Line too,
> I think that one should stay to preserve the chain of events.

It's no big deal, but I think that might be in bad form. I would prefer it if
"X-From-Line:" were removed. To quote RFC822:

          Some systems permit mail recipients to  forward  a  message,
     retaining  the original headers, by adding some new fields.  This
     standard supports such a service, through the "Resent-" prefix to
     field names.
[...]
    Note:  In general, the "Resent-" fields should be treated as con-
            taining  a  set  of information that is independent of the
            set of original fields.  Information for  one  set  should
            not  automatically be taken from the other.

My interpretation of these passages is that the MUA should not alter the
original headers in any fashion when resending and that it should only add a
set of standard fields all of which start with the "Resent-" prefix. The
"X-From-Line:" should only be in the resent e-mail if it was in the original
e-mail as well. If Gnus is adding "X-From-Line:" as part of some internal
meta-information tracking mechanism, then it should remove it before
resending. IMHO, of course.