In article <20020806070220.GA13581@panix.com>, David Combs <dkcombs@panix.com> wrote: >So, I'd like to remove most of the header-lines, >to save disk-space, also to make paging I can't believe that removal of a few header lines is going to make that much of an impact when compared to the message body. Considering that most file systems base usage (and quotas, if that's your concern) on blocks use, not bytes used, unless you manage to remove enough bytes to shrink it down by a block, you're not really going to achieve any savings. >through the messages a lot more pleasant. Personally, I suggest saving in mbox format, and using mutt (or any other mail reader) to view it. >What about Message-ID? What's it good for? > (it's local to the isp? or globally valid and usesful?) They are supposed to be globally unique for 2 years (both mail and news). >References:? (for rebuilding threads?) Correct. >Return-Path:? (I assume not). Useful if you later decide you need to try to report some sort of abuse. >Article: 248453 of comp.unix.solaris >Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris >Organization: Deja.com - Before you buy. >X-Article-Creation-Date: Thu Jan 27 20:52:33 2000 GMT >X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) >X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x43.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 192.127.94.7 >X-MyDeja-Info: XMYDJUIDqbrinkman >Xref: mindspring comp.unix.solaris:248453 For this post, for instance, I might consider cutting this bit. That'd save 390 bytes. That's over a 50% chance that you'd save a block of disk usage on this message. mrc -- Mike Castle dalgoda@ix.netcom.com www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen fatal ("You are in a maze of twisty compiler features, all different"); -- gcc ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf
