your own headers [was re Re: [LI] who is a guru?]

["Suresh Ramasubramanian" <Suresh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Headers in your own mail clients?

On 19 Nov 99, at 9:52, thus spake RAVIKANT K RAO

> Are there any specifics that I can look up to get more info
> on how to add my own headers etc on different mail clients/MTAs ?

Try using Elm which allows you to edit headers and add your own 
headers for each message.

Remember - Prefix all such headers with X- 
(for example: from my headers -

X-Spammers:You spamma my mailbox I nukea da ass

[this holds good for anyone who spams me :-> - a nuke is anti- 
spam speak for pounding the guy's net access to dust - complain to 
his isp, email provider etc etc - and maybe the US State's attorney 
general's office, postal dept etc etc if the spam also has elements of 
fraud in it]  

back on track -

Mutt allows you to place custom headers in your .muttrc (you can 
even run an unix command to generate that header - Binand Raj 
displays his current kernel version as a X- header)  

~I~ use Pegasus Mail - one of the few reasons I still have windows 
installed.  I prefer it to Mutt / Pine / [your favorite text only, ultra 
hackable, kewl unix mail client here <g>].  Besides, you can add 
your custom headers to every mail.  

Those of you who are sick of Outlook Express - download for free 
(just 3.2 megs) from http://www.pmail.com/dl and see what you 
can do with it at http://www.angen.net/~pegasus  

[hell, sorry - an ad from me?  but this is freeware - so do see it if 
you do happen to have winDOZE installed somewhere and access 
the net using it]  

MTAs like sendmail can be configured to add custom headers - see 
the sendmail.cf for full info.  Just remember to use the X- 
Header:Header info format or else it most likely will make your mta 
or the receiving mta or both choke and spit your mail back at you.  

---s



Suresh Ramasubramanian
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    and like a fool I squandered the rest. 

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