Re: X-No-archive considered harmful (was: A unique number for every "person" - can it be done?)

From: Ned Latham (ned_at_arthur.valhalla.oz)
Date: 03/03/05 

Date: 4 Mar 2005 00:26:17 +1050

"CBFalconer" wrote in <4225162B.73F5F8AE@yahoo.com>:
> TGOS wrote:
> > john_ramsden@sagitta-ps.com wrote in comp.programming:
> >
> > > I'm curious to know why you used no-archive, as it's an interesting
> > > problem (considered in abstract - as a practical matter it's fairly
> > > pointless and impossible given all your constraints), but anyway ..
> >
> > Because I usually post to groups that appreciate it and that dislike
> > Google. And I don't want to reconfigure my client all the time.
>
> Well, that is a good way to ensure that, if noticed, I and many
> others will make a point of not giving any assistance. We consider
> that usage to be anti-social and a horrible example of the gimme
> syndrome.
>
> I am going to try to persuade the authors of Mozilla, Thunderbird,
> and Kmeleon to add an indicator that shows the presence of that
> header. That will help us avoid accidentally helping such people.
>
> Incidentally there is no reason for Google (or anyone else) to heed
> it. They simply chose to do so.

OTOH, there's good reason for them to ignore it. An archive with holes
in it is defective. Take the use of X-No-Archive to the extreme and you
have an empty archive: completely useless.

Ned 

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