"changed" field should be deleted

On Fri, 5 Jun 1998, Michael van Elst wrote:

> Hiding the changed: lines definitely breaks every system that keeps
> _copies_ of the entries because it is impossible to update entries
> from these copies without trashing the existing entries.
> 
> And if you make the changed: line availables optionally then those
> who want to use addresses will quickly figure out how to get them.

Perhaps the displayed/retrieved version of the "changed" field should
include a message-id instead of the e-mail address? These are supposed to
be unique, and usually contain a hostname/FQDN that is probably sufficient
to identify the updater.

I am assuming that the vast majority of people make updates using
e-mail...


Joe

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