Re: [exim-dev] Changing received_header_text default?

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Author: Michael Haardt
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To: exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] Changing received_header_text default?
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:17:17PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > Does displaying semantically useless information make sense? That's the
> > point where no consensus could be reached in the past. Perhaps that's
> > why RFC 2822 does not even mention the topic.
>
> To pick a specific example of 'semantically useless information', let's
> look again at http://david.woodhou.se/evo-ate-my-spam-report.jpeg
>
> My answer to your question would be a resounding 'yes'. It _does_ make
> sense to display it as it was sent. There was often a _reason_ it was
> sent the way it was.


As I said, there is no consensus on this. Let's note that, following
the result of past discussions on RFC 2822, we won't agree on it, too.

Michael