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Author: Andreas Metzler
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] [Snapshot] changing the semantics of $header_.. correct decision?
On Fri, Jul 25, 2003 at 06:04:31PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> The latest snapshot contains this change:
> | 13. The way that the $h_ (and $header_) expansions work has been changed
> |     by the addition of RFC 2047 decoding.

[...]
> I do not like this change for the simple fact that I do not think it
> is a good idea to possibly break compatibility by changing the
> behavior of existing expansions without _very_ good reason and I do
> not think "this is a nice optional new feature" qualifies as good
> reason.

[...]

Looks like I misjudged user's POV on this issue, I seem to be the only
one who thinks this is problematic. Objection retracted.
            cu andreas