Mike Castle writes --- >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. It depends on the messages you receive/groups you read. A quick check through one of the groups I read shows that the headers are ~40% of the total size. This doesn't matter if you have 1 message per file, since the average size is less than one block per message. But if you're putting a number of messages in one file (ie, mbox format) it can make a significant difference. (says someone who did this when he was in school, with a very restrictive quota) >>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). The origional Usenet RFC (1036) specified "may not be reused during the lifetime" of the article with a recomended minimum of 2 years. All of the drafts for the updated RFC specify globally unique forever. And in practice all widespread implementations have used globally unique forever. -- -billy- warnold@vipnet.org ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf
