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

Russ Allbery <[email protected]> Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:39:11 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.usenet.format
Organization The Eyrie
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"Charles Lindsey" <[email protected]> writes:

> Yes, that is a valid point. OTOH, the consequence of a moderator ignoring
> our advice without good cause could be quite troublesome.
>
> So I now think the most that is needed would be to reword it along the
> following lines:
>
> "Moderators are encouraged not to alter the Message-ID header field unless
> it is invalid or the article has become significantly changed from its
> original form; and are also encouraged to retain the Date ......".
>
> Note additions of "to" before retain (which actually may have already been
> fixed).

I just committed a change along those lines.  Thanks!

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Russ Allbery ([email protected])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>