Can you limit header text?

[shmerls]

All of my email comes with a lot of header text. If I click BLAH BLAH BLAH, I get a lot more header text.

Is there a way to minimize the default amount of text I am seeing on incoming email?

In a perfect world, all I want to see is: Date, To, From, CC and Subject. Here's a typical one from a cell I think.

Thanks,
Steven

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Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:34:38 -0700
From: "Ronda Jackson" <namewithheld@gmail.com>
To: "Steven Shmerler" <namewithheld@sasnet.com>
Subject: Re: Boston Strategy Website
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[ACBairnsfather]

Yes.

Eudora - Prefs -> Boring Headers.
(You might have to turn on the esoteric settings, I forget. Finder -> Get Info on Eudora icon and turn on the Plug-in for Esoteric Settings.)

HOWEVER, there are two problems I've encountered.
1. The font used to display the headers to hide is different from font used to enter them. This results in you typing stuff where you didn't intend. The work-around for this is to be sure you've used the arrow keys to get to the top or bottom, before typing, don't just click and start typing.

2. There is a limit on how much you can enter. At some point I could no longer enter any headers to remove. I could tell if too many headers to hide were specified because the email would go totally blank.

#2 is especially sad because it seems some vendors exist to create additional headers in emails, like a form of advertising (ahem MS), to get their name in your face as often as possible.

I agree with your general gist. There are just a few headers I would like to see, and the rest, if I care to see, can be seen with the blah button. That would have been a better approach IMHO instead of having us specify which ones to hide. There seem to have been a flood of new headers these past ten years.

The good news is Eudora 8 seems to take that approach, of just showing the basics, and hiding the rest, unless you want to see the blah. The bad news is Eudora 8 isn't quite ready for prime time.

[Vasilios]

Originally Posted by ACBairnsfather

There is a limit on how much you can enter. At some point I could no longer enter any headers to remove. I could tell if too many headers to hide were specified because the email would go totally blank.

How many lines you call too many?

My entries:

DKIM-
Comment:
content-
Delivered-
delivery-
disposition
errors-to
Importance:
in-reply
List-
Mailing-List:
Microsoft-Outlook-Express
Mime-Version:
mail-system
message
Organization
original-encoded
Precedence:
Priority
p1-
received
references
Reply
resent-message
return
Sender:
Status:
thread-
ua-
user
x-
Domain
Authentication

[ACBairnsfather]

I don't really think it's a matter of what I say. Eudora on my machine won't change no matter how I try to sweet talk her.

I think this is all I could fit. On more than one occasion in the past I tried to enter more headers, but upon returning to the email, hit the blah3 button twice and my email disappeared.

I even tested it again a few minutes ago. When I add one more line, the font of the last few old headers, turns to another font, and it starts to freak out. Opening the Boring Headers prefs again, the most recent item is not visible and there are two blank lines at the end of the list.

Nothing to do, but delete those blank lines and get used to looking at these wacko headers. I am excited about the prospects of the new Eudora and am very eager for progress.

Here they are for your use. Try the whole list and see what happens when you add another one. I probably even tried (but don't recall), pasting them in.

Now please pardon this stretch of seriously boring headers.

Antispam-Data
auth
Comment
content-
Delivered-To
delivery-
disposition
DomainKey-Signature
errors-to
imitemguid
in-reply
List-Help
List-Id
List-Post
list-software
List-Subscribe
List-Unsubscribe
mail-system
Mailing-List
message
mime-version
Organization
original-encoded
p1-
precedence
received
references
resent-message
return
Sender
Status
Thread-Index
Thread-Topic
ua-
user-agent
X-Accept-Language
X-AntiAbuse
X-AntiVirus
X-Apparently-To
X-AuditID∂20
X-BeenThere
X-Brightmail-Tracker
X-Brown-MailScanner-SpamCheck
X-Brown-Proofpoint
x-char
x-cr-hashedpuzzle
x-cr-puzzleid
X-eGroups-Remote-IP
X-eGroups-Return
X-ELNK-AV
X-ELNK-Info
X-ELNK-Loop
X-ELNK-Trace
x-envelope
X-Face
x-fid
X-Filter
x-habeas
X-Homepage
x-immailer
X-IPAddress
x-list
x-mailer
X-MailFlowPolicy
X-Mailman-Version
X-MailScanner
X-MailScanner-Information
X-MID
x-mime
X-MindSpring-Loop
x-ms
x-n2p
X-Organisation
X-Original-Message-Id
X-Original-To
X-OriginalArrivalTime
X-Originating-Email
X-Originating-IP
X-PerlMx-Spam
x-ph
X-PMX-Version
X-PopBeforeSMTPSenders
X-Posted-By
X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details
X-Provags-ID
X-RocketYMMF
X-SatNet-MessageScanner
X-SatNet-MessageScanner-Information
X-SBRS
X-Scanned-By
X-Sender
X-Source
X-Source-Args
X-Source-Dir
X-Spam-Check
X-Spam-Rating
X-Spam-Status
x-uidl
X-UVic-Spam-Scan

[Vasilios]

ACBairnsfather, you can reduce the list substantially and still get the benefits of hiding.
One line with: X- will block all headers starting with X- .
The same with List or any other headers that have common prefixes.

[ACBairnsfather]

Excellent. Thank you. Somehow I overlooked that.

[g3ski]

Originally Posted by Vasilios

ACBairnsfather, you can reduce the list substantially and still get the benefits of hiding.
One line with: X- will block all headers starting with X- .
The same with List or any other headers that have common prefixes.

This definitely work for "X-" headers, but does not work for others, such as "Thread-" and "Content-". It does mean wipe 25 of the entries that were already in there, and gaining lots of room for other annoying headers.

Too bad, it can't work the other way around, "Show these headers only..."

[g3ski]

Here is my list, This seems to take care of "almost" header I don't want to see.

X-
Envelope-to
Reply-To
Received
Sender
Delivered-To
List-
Thread-Index
Thread-Topic
Authentication-Results
Sensitivity
Priority
Bounces-to
Content-Type
Content-Disposition
Content-Transfer-Encoding
Bounces_to
DKIM-Signature
Organization
auth
Comment
Content-
Delivery
Disposition
Domainkey
DomainKey-Signature
Errors-To
Importance
In-Reply
list-software
Mail-System
Message
Mime-Version
original-encoded
p1-
Precedence
References
Resent-Message
Return
Status
ua-
user-agent

[Vasilios]

You can reduce it further with a single List-

[g3ski]

I looked through the X-Eudora-Headers list, but didn't find any that worked. The two closest don't have noticeable effect.

<x-eudora-setting:123> When checked, Eudora will show all the headers from messages, not just an abbreviated set.

(Setting to y, n, 3n2, or 3y2 has no effect - with sleak goner headers empty or full)

<x-eudora-setting:163> When checked, Eudora will nicely line up mail headers.

(Seemingly no effect)