On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:35:23 GMT, HMS Victor Victorian
<VictorVictorianREMOVE@hushmail.com> employed an infinite number of
monkeys on an infinite number of typewriter to say:
>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
Awww, isn't this nice. Victor has gone the way of name lames. How
sweet. I guess I have to leave Usenet now.
> 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.
>
Is it possible to translate that last sentence into English?
>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
>
But that has no effect on subsequent posters who post the quoted
material without that bit being set. Hence, despite the prohibitions,
anything to which I reply is permanently archived.
>"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,
>
Do you typically look down your nose at everyone you meet. Victor.?
You keep speaking up, giving these little lectures as if your friends
are too stupid to acquire this knowledge on their own. Downright
insulting, I'd say. However, if they are depending upon you for their
security information, they have much to worry about.
Cheers,
--
mhm 29x8
"Enemy to those who make him an enemy. Friend to those who have no
friend."
--from the intro to the Boston Blackie radio show (1945)
"You don't have to be a member of the KKK to be a wizard under the sheets"
Proud member of the I am Spooge lits
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