X-No-archive considered harmful (was: A unique number for every "person" - can it be done?)

From: CBFalconer (cbfalconer_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/02/05 

Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 03:03:15 GMT

TGOS wrote:
> john_ramsden@sagitta-ps.com wrote in comp.programming:
>
>> I'm curious to know why you used no-archive, as it's an interesting
>> problem (considered in abstract - as a practical matter it's fairly
>> pointless and impossible given all your constraints), but anyway ..
>
> Because I usually post to groups that appreciate it and that dislike
> Google. And I don't want to reconfigure my client all the time.

Well, that is a good way to ensure that, if noticed, I and many
others will make a point of not giving any assistance. We consider
that usage to be anti-social and a horrible example of the gimme
syndrome.

I am going to try to persuade the authors of Mozilla, Thunderbird,
and Kmeleon to add an indicator that shows the presence of that
header. That will help us avoid accidentally helping such people.

Incidentally there is no reason for Google (or anyone else) to heed
it. They simply chose to do so. 

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