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Peter Koch pk at TechFak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE
Fri Jun 5 19:32:49 CEST 1998

> "Other users" are not really interested in the real e-mail address
> of changer. This field is needed only by administrators who want to
> delete the object because they have to send back the exact copy of
> the record.

"Other users" are at least interested in the latest modification date
and the address of someone to report problems to. When I find wrong
information (mostly bouncing email addresses) in an entry I usually
send a note to the address in the last "changed" line.

SPAM hysterics is a problem. There are reasons to review the use
and purpose of the "changed" field. But let us not tie both topics.

-Peter

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