On Thu, Jul 28 2011, Sander Boer wrote:

> I notice quite a few people in this group use X-Face headers, but I read
> that these are regarded to be antequated.

They are and there are supported by a very few MUA… Actually I don't
know any other thing than Gnus that supports it currently, but there
might be.

> What I would like to know is what the good people in this group think of
> the methods for these unnecessary embelishments: devil's spawn, don't
> care or waiting for a better solution ?

Don't care, but Gravatar is now quite a de-facto standard… Not that it's
good to use a centralized service, but well, for now, that does the job
and people use it… :)

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Julien Danjou
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