Re: [Pan-users] X-Comment-To header as an option

[Charles Kerr]

On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 07:35:34PM +0100, Lee J. Moore wrote:
> It's been a few months since I was on the pan-users list (it was
> at a different address I think) and I recall the occasional
> question about the X-Comment-To: header which accompanies posted
> articles.
> 
> Myself, I've had the occasional response from other Usenet users
> asking (at times confrontationally) why their email address is
> in my headers.  Admittedly, this usually happens with
> non-technical users in my local and ISP related hierarchies, but
> regardless, it's a bit annoying - particularly as I don't use
> Fido groups, which I believe is what the X-Comment-To header is
> really there for.
> 
> Anyway, my question: Is there a reason the attachment of this
> header isn't optional?  I suspect it might not be an option
> because the newsreader would get a lower GNKSA score although
> I'm not sure.

In fact, I just removed this feature a few days ago to see
if anyone complains (See 2002-08-01 ChangeLog entry).
AFAIK X-Comment-To is only useful on fidonet and no other
newsreader automatically sends X-Comment-To headers.

cheers,
Charles