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[Ben Rosengart]

On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 03:31:01PM -0500, Eric Seppanen wrote:
> 
> Where I work we change the header to indicate what machine filtered a 
> piece of mail.  I could also see users wanting to install bogofilter in a 
> way that emulates the behavior of some other filtering system, so in this 
> case I do see value in allowing the change.

Good point, but I think that people with such specialized needs
should use formail to rename the headers.  That way, only people
who need such a thing will do it.  There are too many people out
there who think that because a parameter exists, it should be
customized -- and unfortunately, even such people must be supported
when they report a problem.

I suppose it would be good enough to allow for the customization
with a note in the documentation suggesting that people not change
the default unless they have a good reason.  But I still think it
would be bloat.

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Ben Rosengart     (212) 741-4400 x215

Microsoft has argued that open source is bad for business, but you
have to ask, "Whose business?  Theirs, or yours?"    --Tim O'Reilly

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