Re: #1479 USEPRO 3.8: Whether moderators SHOULD retain message-ID

In <E9962966079B4430B8EC57363028037F@Iulius> Julien ÉLIE <[email protected]> writes:

>Hi Harald,

>>   4.  Moderators are encouraged to retain the Message-ID header field
>>       if it is valid, and also retain the Date header field unless it
>>       appears to be stale (72 hours or more in the past)
>>
>> Charles wanted a SHOULD for retaining message-ID. Nobody else commented.

>I also reckon a SHOULD is better for the message-ID.  It would prevent duplicates
>from being posted in case the same proto-article is posted twice (therefore sent
>to the moderator with the same message-ID).  Useful for both auto-moderation bots
>and manual moderation.

>And they are encouraged to retain the Date: header (no need for a SHOULD here).

+1 (naturally)

But it is no huge deal, and no reason to hold up progress at this stage,
so I will live with either.

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