Re: Haeaderadd and the message archive

Bruce Guenter <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:21:07 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.mail.ezmlm
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On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 11:33:28AM -0700, David I. Bell wrote:
> Is there a reason why the headers from headeradd should not (must
> not?) be inserted into the message before the message is put in the
> archive?

I don't recall ever hearing a reason one way or another.  I too have
observed that behavior, and it has been that way for as long as I can
remember.  Most likely it was considered desireable to maintaine a
pristine copy of the distributed email (including Received: headers that
are normally stripped from outgoing emails) for a variety of purposes.
-- 
Bruce Guenter <[email protected]>                http://untroubled.org/
	I do custom software development.  Email me for details.

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