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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@iskon.hr> writes:

> Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:
> 
> > It is not the only such broken injection agent in existence.  Maybe
> > `maxsize' and `cut' below should be made a user options, in order to
> > allow workarounds?
> 
> And maxcount, etc.  It might make sense. 

Well, if 

        (setq  message-cater-to-broken-inn nil)

solves the problem, then it is probably not worth bothering.

> But there would be many of
> them.  Maybe a plist that describes how the references will be
> massaged would be nice.
> 
> (defvar message-shorten-references-parameters
>   '(maxcount 31 cut 6 maxsize 988 ...)   ; only with nicer names
>   "... detailed explanation for those ...")

Putting on my customize hat, I'd much prefer three simple integer
options collected in a group.  The KISS principle for user options.