From: Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: Why does Gnus generates Lines: header in mail?
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:51:20 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ilun0q065wn.fsf@latte.josefsson.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vxk3crsk9l0.fsf@cinnamon.vanillaknot.com>
Karl Kleinpaste <karl@charcoal.com> writes:
> Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com> writes:
>> Well, what purpose does having a Lines: header serve? It is not a
>> standard mail header so its presence should probably be justified.
>
> As opposed to Mail-Copies-To, X-Face, or X-Hashcash...?
X-* is blessed by the standard to contain experimental stuff, so I
don't see a problem there. Mail-Copies-To has value and even
interoperates fairly well. If Lines: has value, I won't continue
argue it should be removed, but I haven't understood where that value
is.
>> Does this feature depend on the sender sending a Lines: header? Most
>> MUAs don't send the Lines: header, and I still get this number in the
>> summary buffers. See my original mail which didn't include a Lines:
>> header.
>
> If Lines were no longer generated locally, then it won't appear in
> one's Gcc'd copies.
What problems are caused by this? Does any writable backend depend on
the Lines: header being generated by Gnus? I have disabled Lines: and
GCC:ed mail to a nnml, nnfolder and nnimap and it this does not seem
to cause any problems. Nnml and nnfolder adds Lines: if it does not
exists, so the header do appear in GCC'd copies. I only wanted to
change this in message, not in the backends.
> I just see no reason for dismantling behavior which causes no
> difficulty and which has the potential to be useful.
OK. Since it is possible to customize, perhaps that is enough.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-29 17:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 81+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-29 14:01 Simon Josefsson
2002-09-29 14:14 ` Karl Kleinpaste
2002-09-29 14:32 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-09-29 17:08 ` Karl Kleinpaste
2002-09-29 17:51 ` Simon Josefsson [this message]
2002-09-30 1:31 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-09-30 1:57 ` Russ Allbery
2002-09-30 19:15 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-10-01 2:11 ` Russ Allbery
2002-10-01 3:27 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-10-01 3:38 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-10-01 3:57 ` Russ Allbery
2002-09-30 3:08 ` greg andruk
2002-09-30 19:17 ` Stainless Steel Rat
2002-09-30 11:23 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-10-07 21:58 ` Florian Weimer
2002-10-07 23:20 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-10-09 14:04 ` Per Abrahamsen
2002-10-02 16:46 ` Per Abrahamsen
2002-09-29 18:35 ` Russ Allbery
2002-09-29 18:51 ` Michael Cook
2002-09-29 19:45 ` Russ Allbery
2002-09-29 15:14 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-29 16:59 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-09-29 20:15 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-29 20:21 ` Jorgen Schaefer
2002-09-29 20:30 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-09-29 21:43 ` Jorgen Schaefer
2002-09-30 12:03 ` Clemens Fischer
2002-09-30 14:19 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-30 14:43 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-09-30 22:04 ` Clemens Fischer
2002-10-01 0:22 ` Josh Huber
2002-10-01 9:54 ` Clemens Fischer
2002-10-01 10:45 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-10-02 16:52 ` Paul Jarc
2002-10-01 14:05 ` Josh Huber
2002-10-01 18:12 ` Clemens Fischer
2002-10-02 18:38 ` Paul Jarc
2002-10-03 0:06 ` mail-followup-to, was " Clemens Fischer
2002-10-03 16:13 ` Paul Jarc
2002-10-02 16:49 ` Paul Jarc
2002-10-02 19:44 ` [despammed] " clemens fischer
2002-10-02 20:25 ` Paul Jarc
2002-10-02 23:16 ` Clemens Fischer
2002-10-03 16:30 ` Paul Jarc
2002-10-06 13:30 ` Clemens Fischer
2002-10-07 16:34 ` Paul Jarc
2002-10-07 23:44 ` Clemens Fischer
2002-10-08 15:34 ` Paul Jarc
2002-10-02 18:48 ` Reiner Steib
2002-10-03 0:13 ` Clemens Fischer
2002-10-08 12:07 ` Reiner Steib
2002-10-01 11:06 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-10-01 11:54 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-10-02 4:41 ` Dan Christensen
2002-12-29 15:59 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2002-12-30 16:36 ` Romain FRANCOISE
2002-12-30 16:50 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2002-12-30 22:06 ` Romain FRANCOISE
2002-12-30 20:46 ` No References header when using drafts (was: Why does Gnus generates Lines: header in mail?) Reiner Steib
2002-12-30 21:06 ` No References header when using drafts Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2002-12-30 21:59 ` Reiner Steib
2002-12-30 22:23 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2002-12-31 14:43 ` Reiner Steib
2003-01-01 17:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2003-01-01 18:49 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2002-12-31 15:23 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-02 17:05 ` Simon Josefsson
2003-01-02 18:30 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2003-01-02 20:53 ` Simon Josefsson
2003-01-02 21:04 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2003-01-03 17:48 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-02 21:30 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-06 19:27 ` References Header (Re: Why does Gnus generates Lines: header in mail?) Mark Thomas
2003-01-07 4:56 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2003-01-07 13:11 ` Mark Thomas
2003-01-07 18:12 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-08 4:10 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2003-01-07 12:49 ` References Header Reiner Steib
2003-01-08 3:55 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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