Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> writes: > On 09/20/10 20:12, John Bokma wrote: >> Steven D'Aprano<st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> writes: >>> On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:25:09 +0000, Tim Harig wrote: >>>> Usernet users also have the right to use the X-No-Archive header field. >>> >>> They do? Is that right enshrined by law somewhere? Can I go to jail for >>> human rights abuses if I archive X-No-Archive posts? >> >> I think they do have the right to use it as you have the right to ignore >> it ;-) >> >> I never saw the point of the whole X-No-Archive: Yes thing. What happens >> if I quote such a message? It's archived, right? > > The point? It's much shorter than > "X-Stick-your-fingers-in-your-ears-close-your-eyes-and-yell-la-la-la-ignorantly-hoping-people-will-delete-this-message-after-some-arbitrary-period-of-time: > Yes".
Well, X-Archive: No is even shorter ;-). What I mean is, it's just a request, nothing more and nothing less. DejaNews honored it, and Google still does. But it doesn't stop other people from archiving posts. I can imagine that for some automatic generated messages someone might think XNA is a good thing. But for human written messages, I just don't see the point. -- John Bokma j3b Blog: http://johnbokma.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/j.j.j.bokma Freelance Perl & Python Development: http://castleamber.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
