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From: Rayner Lucas <usenet202101@magic-cookie.co.ukNOSPAMPLEASE>
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Subject: Re: MODERATOR (NOT MODERATORS?) FOUND for rec.photo.moderated, comp.std.announce, comp.newprod, and comp.simulation
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 01:44:42 +0100
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In article <102naos$1435m$1@dont-email.me>, ahk@chinet.com says...
> 
> Rayner Lucas <usenet202101@magic-cookie.co.ukNOSPAMPLEASE> wrote:
> >If you're on some sort of Unix system, you might actually be able to do 
> >most of the work using just the 'formail' mail-formatting utility: this 
> >has options to strip/append/rename headers, and/or keep only the headers 
> >you specify.
> 
> Ah. That I might be able to learn. Thank you.

You're welcome; I hope it turns out to be useful.

> >PyModerator takes the approach of creating a proto-article using only 
> >the following headers from the original email message:
> 
> Does it retain or strip X- headers?

It strips them. I'm not sure whether this is the Right Thing; it seems 
like there'd be some value and no particular harm in passing X- headers 
through unchanged, but keeping only a strict list of allowed headers 
makes things simpler with regard to avoiding bugs and ensuring articles 
are correctly-formed.

> I haven't solved the problem yet, and let me be the first to object to
> my own moderator succession plan as wishful thinking on my part.

Good to be thinking about it, wishfully or not, and I hope you can 
persuade others to join you. Best of luck.

Rayner