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To the best of my knowledge it is kept because if we remove it, some
people will complain :) I would not be surprised if it <is> removed
in some future version, much as I would not be surprised at the removal
of SHORT822 and FULL822 since they are obsolete.
Nathan
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:47:13 -0400 stan said:
>>===== Original Message From LISTSERV give-and-take forum
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>>FYI, the fact that SHORTHDR strips MIME headers is the reason why
>>the default was changed to FULLHDR in 1995 (1.8b). It's also been
>>discussed on these lists in the past, if I am not seriously mistaken.
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>Nathan, this issue has definitely been discussed previously,
>but I forget how long ago. This topic raises a question. What is
>the point of having the SHORTHDR option at this point? It seems to
>me that since most people, even without GUI access, can use MUA software
>that handles the contents of messages with FULLHDR fine.
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>Why not decommission the SHORTHDR option in a way that it is simply
>ignored by those who already have it set? Is there still some reason
>I do not recognize to keep the SHORTHDR option as it is?
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