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echo: fidosoft.husky
to: Maurice Kinal
from: Benny Pedersen
date: 2006-03-16 14:03:06
subject: kludges

Hello Maurice!

08 Oct 04 13:44, Maurice Kinal wrote to All:

 MK> Does anyone know how hpt could be configured to strip unwanted and 
 MK> unneeded kludges put in by gating software, such as email header 
 MK> information?

its a job for the gate software not husky it self

 MK> The reason I ask is that far too many bytes are being propogated into 
 MK> Fido messages these days that are meaningless to any users and I 
 MK> personally am concerned about excessive bandwidth.

everyone have dsl i belive and don't care :-)

 MK> I believe as a nodelisted Fido node I am under no obligation to propogate any
 MK> kludges or any other header information not falling within FTSC standards.

you don't since ftsc is far better then clients nowadays

 MK> Is that true?

i don't care

 MK> If so then I believe stripping those not following standards would
not break anything, 

its a job for the mail software such as jamnntpd
http://wwww.billingware.org/ if i remember it

 MK> legally or morally, would not fall under some silly notion of
altering messages, and greatly reduce 
 MK> unneeded bandwidth.

bandwidth is not your fault

 MK> If this is possible using fidoconfig I would appreciate knowing how it 
 MK> can be done.

not needed since there is no virus either :-)

 MK> Thank you for your kind attention in this most sensitive matter.

 MK> Life is good,
 MK> Maurice

as allways its me :-)

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 Regards Benny

... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

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