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Re: Face Header
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Richard Riley |
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Re: Face Header |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:27:11 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) |
Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:38:32 +1000 Daniel Pittman <daniel@rimspace.net>
> wrote:
>
> DP> Um, I should possibly say that the header isn't illegal by the standard,
> just
> DP> not defined officially. So, it isn't /wrong/ to use it, as such, any more
> DP> than the extra headers various MTA / GroupWare packages use for internal
> DP> and/or external routing or whatever.
>
> IIRC Lars considered submitting the Face header for approval but got
> discouraged by the bureaucracy surrounding the process, so he just made
> it a de-facto standard as far as Gnus is concerned. Usually such
> headers have to begin with "X-" so an RFC zealot could complain.
>
> DP> So, yeah, the recipient is in the wrong and all, I think. Mostly. Except
> DP> that Face headers /are/ a waste of ~ 1KB per email out and all.
>
> Yeah, I learned quickly to turn them off for work when they kept showing
> up in paper printouts from less capable MUAs.
>
> Ted
It's worth pointing out that there is Face which I believe supports
colour and X-Face which is mono. X-face which I use is a lot, lot
lighter and less likely to incurr the wrath of people sensitive to
bandwidth waste.