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Re: Lines count in USEFOR


Hi,


3.3.1.  Lines

  The Lines header field indicates the number of lines in the <body>
  (as defined in [RFC5322]) of the article.

  lines           =  "Lines:" SP *WSP 1*DIGIT *WSP CRLF

  The line count is the number of CRLF separators in the <body>.

  Historically, this header field was used by the NNTP [RFC3977]
  overview facility, but its use for this purpose is now deprecated.
  As a result, this header field is to be regarded as obsolescent, and
  it is likely to be removed entirely in a future version of this
  standard.  All agents SHOULD ignore it and SHOULD NOT generate it.


Hmm...
And what happens to currently existing headers feeds?  (look at Diablo
for instance)

The Lines: header is still useful (and probably also the Bytes: one)
to have an idea of the length of the body of the article.

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Julien ÉLIE

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