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Article #597Re: "X-" blithering
From: George michaelson
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1988 23:57
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1988 23:57
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From article <17601@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>, by jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle):
>
> The X mail system (is this part of X windows?) seems to indulge in
> heavy self-promotion. Is all the following, taken from incoming mail,
> necessary? It has little value to the recipient.
>
> X-To: DYNSYS-L%UNCVM1.bitnet@jade.berkeley.edu
Gentle flame. Read the standard, X-<field> is the RFC822 extension
mechanism. it allows mail systems to add fields into the message header
for end-to-end (well, I suppose other people/things could use it) purposes.
-value is in the eye of the beholder. your mail system (and mine) may balk
a little on these fields, but it should not barf. It is in the standard to
ignore them.
Elm clearly offers some enhanced functionality.
apologies to mail-gurus if this is wrong/to late.
-george
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!munnari!ditmela!george From: george@ditmela.oz (George michaelson) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: "X-" blithering Message-ID: <1988@ditmela.oz> Date: 2 Aug 88 23:57:09 GMT References: <17601@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> Organization: CSIRO Division of Information Technology, Australia Lines: 26