From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/61658 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Jacobson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: message-shorten-references hardwired 21 references Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:30:26 +0800 Message-ID: <87psn1t4ot.fsf@jidanni.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1136908198 21698 80.91.229.2 (10 Jan 2006 15:49:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:49:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ding-owner+m10190@lists.math.uh.edu Tue Jan 10 16:49:48 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EwLjh-0003fF-7F for ding-account@gmane.org; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 16:48:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1EwLjd-0004r4-00; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:48:33 -0600 Original-Received: from nas02.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.40]) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1Ew6rQ-0003GN-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:55:36 -0600 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by nas02.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ew6rO-0007Sp-8j for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:55:36 -0600 Original-Received: from frodo.hserus.net ([204.74.68.40]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Ew6rA-0006oG-00 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 00:55:20 +0100 Original-Received: from tc218-187-25-247.dialup.dynamic.apol.com.tw ([218.187.25.247]:4814 helo=jidanni1) by frodo.hserus.net with esmtpsa (Cipher TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.60 #0) id 1Ew6r4-000Ji2-IL by authid with plain for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:25:18 +0530 Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) Precedence: bulk Original-Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:61658 Archived-At: >> There should be a variable to allow users to have >> message-shorten-references use less than the hardwired 21 references. R> Please elaborate why you think this would be useful. I want full control of my references. No "mother knows best". I feel ashamed to send out bloated headers. I want to have tidy tiny spartan headers. >> Also are you sure you want the oldest 21 references, not the latest? R> I'm quite sure that Gnus does the right thing. See section R> "6.5. References" in [1]. It is permissible to not include the entire previous "References" line if it is too long. An attempt should be made to include a reasonable number of backwards references. He just says "reasonable". I say that the newest 21 is the only way to keep threads intact, vs. the oldest 21, no? >> I want to just include the single very last reference but setting >> maxcount to 1 gives just the earliest. R> Mail or news? mail. I didn't try news.