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Arjan Drieman schreef:

> On Wed, 05 Jul 2000 23:42:43 +0200, The Dr
>        <psychiatrist@general-hospital.com> wrote:
>
> >does NOT include the name of my news server in the message id and at
> >the same time allows me to add X-headers.
>
> In slrn, you can customize all headers any way you like, except for

Excuse me but I am a human being and this is the 21st century. slrn seems  a
product of the 1950's. A user should not have to study a few days first on
how to handle a program. The program is supposed to do the dull work, in
other words: slrn is out!!!

> the headers restricted by your news server.  That category usually
> includes stuff like the X-Complaints-To and X-Trace headers.

Only an ordinairy news server does that.

> Why don't you want to see the name of the server in the MID?  People
> can see that in the Path anyways.

True but not in the archive (deja news)

> What do you want in the MID otherwise?  The part behind the "@"
> in the MID is the host where the message first entered the network,
> as per RFC 1036 [1].  That's either your host, or the news server,
> that's debatable.  With dynamic IP's it'd be smart to use the
> newsserver's hostname anyways, because you'd give the next person
> using that IP the right to cancel your post if you'd use your own.

The message you responded to did not show the host in the MID
(3963ABD3.8DB537A8@general-hospital.com)

> >2. Outlook does not include news server in message id but does not allow
> >X-headers
>
> Outlook is lusercrapware.
>
> >3. Free Agent does not include news server in message id but does not
> >allow X-headers
>
> And, even worse, it has a MID ending on "4ax.com", a domain registered
> by Forte Inc.  Which means that by using their newsreader, you give
> Forte Inc the right to cancel your messages.

I do not know that. I know that I can only cancel a message with my
newsreader if that message has been sent by me.

Ciao!