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Limp Arbor

17/07/2008 7:10 AM

Semi OT: not archived

I have noticed more in alt.home.repair than here posts that are marked
to not be archived. Is this something the ISPs are adding to messages
to reduce the overhead or does it have to be done by the poster?

I'd ask over there but this group is (as usual) more knowledgeable
about this subject.


This topic has 3 replies

sS

[email protected] (Scott Lurndal)

in reply to Limp Arbor on 17/07/2008 7:10 AM

17/07/2008 5:27 PM

Limp Arbor <[email protected]> writes:
>I have noticed more in alt.home.repair than here posts that are marked
>to not be archived. Is this something the ISPs are adding to messages
>to reduce the overhead or does it have to be done by the poster?
>
>I'd ask over there but this group is (as usual) more knowledgeable
>about this subject.

Any poster can indicate that they do not desire their posts to be
archived by adding the X-No-Archive: yes header to their post. Pretty
silly, since the header is non-standard, and not necessarily obeyed.

scott

L

in reply to Limp Arbor on 17/07/2008 7:10 AM

18/07/2008 8:32 AM

On Jul 17, 2:36 pm, "J. Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Scott Lurndal wrote:
> > Limp Arbor <[email protected]> writes:
> >> I have noticed more in alt.home.repair than here posts that are
> >> marked to not be archived. Is this something the ISPs are adding
> >> to
> >> messages to reduce the overhead or does it have to be done by the
> >> poster?
>
> >> I'd ask over there but this group is (as usual) more knowledgeable
> >> about this subject.
>
> > Any poster can indicate that they do not desire their posts to be
> > archived by adding the X-No-Archive: yes header to their post.
> > Pretty
> > silly, since the header is non-standard, and not necessarily obeyed.
>
> Does anybody other than Google maintain a significant archive? Does
> Google obey x-no-archive?

Yes, google deletes them after around 30 days or so. There's a note
in google on the post that it is not going to be archived if they set
that header. I believe the practice is pretty much entirely aimed at
google.

JC

"J. Clarke"

in reply to Limp Arbor on 17/07/2008 7:10 AM

17/07/2008 2:36 PM

Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Limp Arbor <[email protected]> writes:
>> I have noticed more in alt.home.repair than here posts that are
>> marked to not be archived. Is this something the ISPs are adding
>> to
>> messages to reduce the overhead or does it have to be done by the
>> poster?
>>
>> I'd ask over there but this group is (as usual) more knowledgeable
>> about this subject.
>
> Any poster can indicate that they do not desire their posts to be
> archived by adding the X-No-Archive: yes header to their post.
> Pretty
> silly, since the header is non-standard, and not necessarily obeyed.

Does anybody other than Google maintain a significant archive? Does
Google obey x-no-archive?

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