"Remove These Headers" defaults?

[David Lee]

On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Julian Field wrote:

> What would anyone like to see in the default configuration for this option?
>
> I have added
>         Return-Receipt-To:
>         X-Mozilla-Status:
> so far.

While many of us in our day-to-day lives might have have a strong personal
preference for removing "Return-Receipt-To:", I'm not sure that this
should be MS's default site-wide, world-wide setting.  Doing so makes it
significantly change default site-wide email functionality, a thing which
we ought to be cautious about (despite personal enthusiasms we, as
individuals might have!).

Shouldn't MS's default setting be empty (or restricted to a "known to be
harmful (virus analogy)" example?  (Naturally, the accompanying comment
can point out the benefits of including "Return-Receipt-To:" in the
configuration!)

Hope that helps.

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