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Feature Suggestion: User-Defined Headers

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Feature Suggestion: User-Defined Headers

Tom Mix <tommix@mixmin.net>
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From: Tom Mix <tommix@mixmin.net>
Newsgroups: rb.comp.rootbadger, rb.alt.lameyslair
Subject: Feature Suggestion: User-Defined Headers
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:18:30 -0400
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I'd like to suggest allowing users to create their own custom posting headers, similar to the old Usenet X- headers.

For example:

X-Coffee: Black X-Mood: Grumpy X-Currently-Reading: Dune X-Listening-To: Johnny Cash X-Favorite-OS: Whatever gets the job done

They'd simply appear with the normal posting headers for anyone who has headers enabled, while users who hide posting headers wouldn't see them.

It would be a fun way to add a little personality to posts while keeping with the classic Usenet feel. Since they're just informational, clients that don't care about them can simply ignore them.

Maybe at most, 5 extra headers max.

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Tom Mix
"Leave the trail better than you found it."
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From: yoda <yoda@holonet.sith>
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Subject: Re: Feature Suggestion: User-Defined Headers
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:51:52 -0400
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It is actually one of the things we are working on. I'll see about getting back to it.

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Darth Yoda

"Debugging the galaxy, one bite at a time."
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