Now I realise that there are certain stuffy, high-brows--the majority
of them being English grammarians and historians--who poo-poo the use
of this wonderful Internet source.
I mean ... just ANYBODY can write in the bloody thing, for God's SAKE!
We wouldn't want to deprive ourselves of the guidance and wisdom of
these highly trained, I-know-better-than-you, academic professional by
heeding a source veritably SHAT upon by the layman! MY SAINTED JOHN
LOCKE!
Well, he was a layman once, as well. So I shall continue ... more to
the point now, regarding the function of X-No-Archive-Yes in newgroup
server protocol. I wouldn't want Mr. BostonBakedBeans to think I
wasn't heeding his kind cautionings. Plus, there is some interesting
information for the novices, like me, who may be hovering at our door.
Also, some interesting history about Google.
I wonder how their stock is faring? Shall have to look it up.
Victor.
Drawn from that scandalously unreliable Internet Source--Wikipedia!
"X-No-Archive is a newsgroup message header used to prevent a Usenet
message from being archived in various servers.
It was designed to follow the standard message header protocol, RFC
1036 and 977, used in existing newsgroups. In addition to the standard
message header lines used in all newsgroup messages (including Path:,
From:, Subject:, and Date:), news reader software includes the option
for a user to add additional, optional headers to messages. These
additional headers are prefixed with the label X- so that they can be
ignored by news servers and newsreaders. The phrase "No Archive" was
coined as a way to state "Do not archive this message," and the X-
header was added to complete the term X-No-Archive.
"The proper header to prevent a message from being archived is as
follows:
X-No-Archive: Yes
"Some software systems also do not archive if the first line in the
body of the message contains this text. This is useful for those users
who cannot change the headers of messages they send out. If the
X-No-Archive header is set to "No", or the header is absent, a Usenet
archive will not recognise a prohibition on the message's archival.
Use of X-No-Archive began when DejaNews debuted in early 1995.
DejaNews was the first large-scale, commercial attempt to archive the
Usenet news feed, and a number of regular newsgroup participants were
concerned about privacy rights, as well as the possibility that their
messages could be re-posted through DejaNews at some point in the
future. DejaNews addressed these concerns by announcing that it would
not archive any Usenet messages containing the X-No-Archive header.
"When DejaNews was purchased by Google, Google continued to honor the
X-No-Archive protocol. Beginning in 2005, Google's newsgroup service
(Google Groups) changed its handling of X-No-Archive, allowing
messages with the header to be archived and made available for view
for a period of six days; after six days, the message was then deleted
from the archive. Other newsgroup archiving services have also
followed in DejaNews' footsteps, though the decision not to archive
X-No-Archive messages has been entirely voluntary."
My best regards to you all,
HMS Victor Victorian
God Save Her Majesty the Queen.
God Preserve the Prince of Wales.
Rule Britannia!
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