#1416 When to add Injection-Date

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In message <[email protected]>, Harald Alvestrand
<[email protected]> writes

>ALTERNATIVE C:
>
>-            <t>The injecting agent MUST then add an Injection-Date header
>-            field containing the current date and time.</t>

My view (albeit weakly held) is that header fields are either added by
servers (vaguely trusted) or by clients (not trusted in the slightest)

This header field is clearly meant to be added by a server, so it should
be added by a server and not by a client under any circumstances ... so
I prefer C  (then A then B)

I cannot get excited about multiple injection, this is exotic and so the
people doing it can look out for themselves.

I cannot get excited about ancient articles reappearing after days in
the wilderness. Propagation time across the active parts of Usenet is
generally measured in seconds except when queues build up.. and there is
some attempt to avoid that...

I cannot get excited about servers that look at Dates to decide when to
expire things -- the trend is to hold the last <n> that arrived (why
trust someone else to tell the truth). Apart from anything else, if you
delete in FIFO order it simplifies your filing system.

>So in order to see if we have a strongly held position in the group, please 
>reply to this message with ONE of the following statements:
>
>* I prefer Alternative A
>* I prefer Alternative B
>* I prefer Alternative C
>* I have another opinion, which is.....

I think the decision should be all about trust issues, not about
duplication or over/under-enthusiastic expiry.  But trust is so weak on
Usenet, I don't mind being ignored !

- -- 
richard @ highwayman . com                       "Nothing seems the same
                          Still you never see the change from day to day
                                And no-one notices the customs slip away"

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