Down with tinyurl!

[John Bokma]

Tim Chase <python.list at tim.thechases.com> writes:

> On 09/20/10 20:12, John Bokma wrote:
>> Steven D'Aprano<steve at 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.

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John Bokma                                                               j3b

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