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 ><[log in to unmask]> ===== >>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. > >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. > >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?