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From: schwager@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Extra From's and Date's
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Date: 28 Nov 89 17:38:38 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!schwager    Nov 27 22:27:00 1989


I'm curious: why does spost (we run Berkeley systems here) insist on
prepending Date: and From: fields to my outgoing messages?  I think this is
extra-redundant information.  I mean, after half a dozen Date's and From's
and Received By's, who wants to see another one?  I've gone so far as to
edit the source and add a -nofrom switch.  If the denizens of MH would like
to know what I did to add this (a mere 4 or 5 lines to send.c and spost.c,
combined), I'd be happy to show 'em.

Am I the only one that's ever said, "Now why the heck do they throw that
in, and not give you a switch to turn it off?"
In favor of leaner mail messages,
-Mike Schwager
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