On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 08:40:15AM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > * David Yitzchak Cohen <lists+mutt_users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [12-01-03 00:28]: > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 09:38:41PM -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > > > * henry nelson <netb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [11-27-03 20:59]: > > > > On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 03:38:15PM -0500, David Yitzchak Cohen wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 07:51:34PM +0900, henry nelson wrote: > > > [snip ....] > > > > > eww, eww, eww ... please don't do "X-Label:"s ... we'll end up > > > > > encoding > > > > > > > > Good. I'm glad I'm not the only one of that opinion. > > > > > > Please take the time to look into the headers of Mr. Cohen's posts 8^( > > > > JFF, which of my headers has got you up in arms? > > you asked: Well, since you answered: > X-GPG-Key: http://www.bigfatdave.com/dave/public.key > X-GPG-Key-Direct-Link: http://67.81.72.42:8000/dave/public.key Those two tell you where to get my key. I'm too lazy to publish it on a keyserver (although others already have done so for me, apparently). > X-GPG-Key-Old-Location1: http://www.dave.tj/dave/public.key > X-GPG-Key-Old-Location2: http://www.dave.tj:8080/dave/public.key > X-GPG-Key-Old-Location3: http://www.dave.tj:8000/dave/public.key These are useful if you're grep(1)ing through an mbox looking for posts by me (if you're insane, for example). If you search for www.dave.tj/dave/public.key, you'll end up with just about every post I've made in ages. > X-GPG-Notice: Remember: if it ain't signed, don't assume I sent it! This reminds people not to trust those trojans people send claiming to be me. > X-Geek-Code: !G This tells all ya silly geeks that I don't play no geek code games. > X-Message-Flag: Your ad here - only $50/month! Seen by all Outlook users! Try reading my emails in Outlook, and you'll see why this header exists 8-) > X-Virus: Hi! I'm a header virus! Copy me into yours and join the fun! Well, I guess I kinda cought a virus from somebody here ;-) Hey, at least I didn't catch the famous .signature virus! > X-From-Note-Line1: I always send from a valid address (unless I misconfigure > X-From-Note-Line2: something). Just because it looks like a weird addy > doesn't > X-From-Note-Line3: mean it's invalid. It simply makes it easier for me to > tell > X-From-Note-Line4: what mailing list you're getting to me from, so I don't > read > X-From-Note-Line5: your email concerning one thing when I'm in another "mode," > X-From-Note-Line6: since then I have to mark your message unread and hope I > X-From-Note-Line7: notice it when I look through my mail again later. It's > X-From-Note-Line8: also interesting noting, of course, which list archives get > X-From-Note-Line9: the most addy-harvesting bots :-) This was in response to some funky emails from people who weren't sure my list addys were real. They'd mangle the addy trying to make it "legal," and I'd just sit there laughing. These headers help keep my laughter at bay. - Dave BTW - My .mutt/muttrc file [1] is quite well-commented by my standards. It actually says what most of these headers are for. [1] http://www.bigfatdave.com/dave/mutt/muttdir/muttrc -- Uncle Cosmo, why do they call this a word processor? It's simple, Skyler. You've seen what food processors do to food, right? Please visit this link: http://rotter.net/israel
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