Re: OT: TECH: "X (number of) lines" per post at the archives

* Trebor Jung said on 2004-08-17 15:51:33 +0200
> At the archives (e.g.
> <http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A1=ind0408c&L=conlang>), the
> following format is used:
>
> Subject
> (X lines)
> From: poster <e-mail>
>
> What is meant by "X lines"?
Size of mail, with both visible and visible headers included. Visible
headers are things like 'From:', 'To:', 'Subject:' etc., while you need
to turn on something in your mail-program to see the invisible ones,
starting with 'X-something' or 'Received:' for instance. The visible
headers are for people to read (mostly), while the invisible ones are
for the computers (and for people who like to hide easter eggs =) ).

Here's a general tip for y'all: If you want to complain about mail,
whether it be spam or viruses or somebody being rude, you need to
include *all* the headers in the complaint, also the "invisible" ones, as
it is the invisible ones that are used to track who the mail
*really* comes from. You can't trust the 'From:'-header!


t.