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Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br> writes:


> Although gnus currently provides an option for the user to do that, it 
> might be nice if it would only do so if a certain variable (custom?)
> was set.  If such variable is not enabled, gnus would just refuse to
> post such messages, possibly indicating a section of the manual in
> order to allow such behavior.

I don't see any reason to disallow posting, say, empty messages.  The
user is given a warning that it's probably not a good idea to do so,
but there are legitimate reasons to post empty messages.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen