Exactly what did you find "anal and restrictive"? The only additions to a
normal cross-posting that are actually required by the spec are
a Followup-To: main header
an Archive-Name: secondary header
The need for a Followup-To is mostly an artifact of how news software works
and is a strong candidate for use in any moderated newsgroup. The
Archive-Name enables archiving at rtfm.mit.edu. As one who has used those
archives, I think the effort expended by the FAQ maintainer to include this
item is extraordinarily small compared to the benefit.
The guidelines do indeed lack a good summary section that says "if you don't
have a computer programmer's patience for detail, here's the minimum that
we recommend". Probably wouldn't take more than about 400 words. Hmm,
that's exactly how long your rant was ...
> Some of us *do not have the time* to learn the hermetics of the secondary
> headers of FAQs
I spent less time figuring out the headers and maintaining them for a year
than you spent writing this message.
-- Edward Reid ed@titipu.resun.com (normal) \ reide@freenet.fsu.edu PO Box 378 Edward_Reid@acm.org (forwarding) \ (seldom checked) Greensboro FL faqmail@titipu.resun.com (regarding m.h.diabetes FAQ)
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