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From: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers
Subject: Re: "X-" blithering
Keywords: X
Message-ID: <1214@viper.Lynx.MN.Org>
Date: 4 Aug 88 17:08:30 GMT
References: <17601@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Reply-To: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer)
Organization: Lynx Data Systems, Eagan, MN
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In article <17601@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) writes:
 >
 >     The X mail system (is this part of X windows?) seems to indulge in
 >heavy self-promotion.  Is all the following, taken from incoming mail,
 >necessary?  It has little value to the recipient.
 >
 >	X-To:         DYNSYS-L%UNCVM1.bitnet@jade.berkeley.edu
	...
 >	X-Vms-To: IN%"jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU"
 >
 >						John Nagle

Read RFC 822.

Header fields beginning with "X-" are gauranteed to not
conflict with the standard or future versions of the standard.
(They are standard, non-standard fields ;-)
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If you can't convince |   David Messer - (dave@Lynx.MN.Org)
them, confuse them.   |   Lynx Data Systems
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