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Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird?

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On 11/6/25 2:44 am, Frank Miller wrote:
> VanguardLH wrote:
>> Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Tue, 6/10/2025 6:57 PM, Alan K. wrote:
>>>> On 6/10/25 5:58 PM, aRubes wrote:
>>>>> I am seeing some nice Gravatar / libravatar user icons via extensions. 
>>>>> Wondered whether the old (but cool) way is something still doable, and how do you achieve it
>>>> 
>>>> For people like me that are oblivious to what you are talking about,  could you explain in a few sentences?
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> In this example, images of some sort (could be considered an Avatar,
>>> as the resolution is not sufficient for a lot of faces), they can
>>> be carried by custom header lines in the header of the message.
>>> I have put some blank lines around the relevant parts.
>>> 
>>> Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
>>> References:
>>> MIME-Version: 1.0
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>>> Injection-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:51:06 -0000 (UTC)
>>> Injection-Info:
>>> User-Agent: Pan/0.154 (Izium; 517acf4)
>>> Cancel-Lock:
>>> 
>>> X-Face: =?UTF-8?B?TGxhbmZhaXLDg8KCw4LCrXB3bGxnd3luZ3lsbMODwoLDgsKtZ29nZXJ5w4PCgsOCwq1j?=
>>>  =?UTF-8?B?aHd5cm7Dg8KCw4LCrQ==?=
>>>  =?UTF-8?B?IGRyb2J3bGzDg8KCw4LCrWxsYW7Dg8KCw4LCrXR5c2lsaW/Dg8KCw4LCrWdvZ2/Dg8KCw4LCrWc=?=
>>>  =?us-ascii?Q?och?=
>>> 
>>> Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwCAIAAADYYG7QAAACh0lEQVRYw71Z21bD
>>>  MAzzevbfkr4cHjrSXJyL044+MDa6WLEl2SkvkrZ1AbAvXO+bUGSCPYnsuIVGMpm
>>>  ZLnjX718GhAKNsp8lON2F9VrhELwIgJlBepkZjA78rVK+FkmNhEJK76UsJlz8+E
>>>  rJsjrpYouhLo/SC6qPHgakFOR8wV9+8rCfO/I/oVnmUZUp42/LW2XkLj9TCFNM9
>>>  jp5g2EmHZgpYZjCOkYU7sXVogRylJqpdggoFLG1g09Flah/7kErCxzR9HgXPYsq
>>>  0glb9cxjIz2Vsk9AmAoCSxECpD713joMKjQqLAtmMqJmXjdVvlMnMQCVITotJd1
>>>  z+fh1f1NNo+vuc1KnhWUmY7t03vydTud9BbXCtN3L2PL3bK7JCNG0GHzuZxafyB
>>>  fxevCxpm1vrwZltqw6SILCcdoCE6PGQC8wZWDA9Or7Qp5s3lAZezys0nDazs9S9
>>>  R0TjwEiksRxLkNPC1NMMWPs1bj0Ei0Yuo+JVtFLuzP1NRJ16qXWN8DhhtmS4PDg
>>>  O6mqRxs4bEJrYt087mSIow/1VzW2oFlMQuiuIy/KsUagvhdw6hSjJGlIavbLF8x
>>>  j3X47bccLcUSi0dkWh1nUZNhANT1tHKUXrNxNLbd9KPb9wDDVrKwmPQMOPQ1oy6
>>>  k5I1DwzDeRJd3jVIhDAUxq3ngzJG4CCkNXZxZVMcjefoK2J0gUY2S3rxz/RuTFx
>>>  2zHd9U+obimJXMG4edsk/2j5pTU5G1MmzbRLxkfq5EiT1GGsidvMGzi+1goGb2l
>>>  GCrN+nGnV8xj3q3JLRDVPL96vUc7Z4aJ3TN1mVqWAMJMfG+Jxh6TQqP+92iZkCU
>>>  xtglds1AB6r0aiSHKcnFck+p/c/0CbacFLQcajGcAAAAASUVORK5CYII=
>>> 
>>> Xref: ...
>>> 
>>> There are two representations there. Your newsreader might need
>>> an add-on or extension, to allow those to be viewed.
>> 
>> While I see the x-faces in a header section of the message view pane in
>> my NNTP client (40tude Dialog, abandoned 20 years ago), I wish there
>> were an easy way to filter out or hide that cutsey glitz from messages.
>> I can test on the presense of those headers, and that they have
>> non-blank values, but I really just want to hide the garbage rather than
>> filter out messages from posters that choose glitz over substance.
> 
> For older versions of TB there was an AddOn named "mnenhy" with
> witch you could suppress the "X-Face:" header via config:
> user_pref("extensions.mnenhy.headers.noxface", true);
> 
> That's just one of the reasons i still use TB 38.
> But if you use "40tude Dialog, abandoned 20 years ago" - good luck!

See my reply to Vanguard - luck not required. 40tude Dialog is much 
better for using   newsgroups than Thunderbird and I still use it 
occasionally. I'd use it all the time, but it means having two programs 
running. As Thunderbird had much of its usefulness removed by the 
succession of extension wrecking, unnecessary changes I only use it for 
its versatility in being able to use email, RSS feeds and newsgroups in 
one package.

-- 
Tetbury, Gloucestershirel, UK

Experience is something one learns just after one needed it most.

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x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? aRubes <aRubes@pm.me> - 2025-06-11 00:58 +0300
  Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-06-10 18:57 -0400
    Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-10 19:25 -0400
      Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-06-10 19:17 -0500
        Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-06-11 03:44 +0200
          Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-06-11 10:46 +0100
        Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Bob Henson <bob.henson@outlook.com> - 2025-06-11 10:37 +0100
          Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-06-11 09:31 -0500
    Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-06-10 18:31 -0500
      Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-10 21:46 -0400
      Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-06-11 15:30 +0200
        Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-06-11 12:35 -0500
          Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-11 15:16 -0400
            Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-06-11 22:49 +0200
              Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-11 18:52 -0400
                Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-06-12 01:12 +0200
            Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-06-11 16:04 -0500
          Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-06-11 21:32 +0200
            Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-06-11 16:02 -0500
              Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-06-11 23:19 -0400
                Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> - 2025-06-11 22:46 -0500
              Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-06-13 19:12 +0200
    Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-06-11 01:37 +0200
  Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Frank Miller <miller@posteo.ee> - 2025-06-11 01:44 +0200
  Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> - 2025-06-11 12:27 -0400
    Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-06-11 19:27 +0200
      Re: x-face / face still a thing in Thunderbird? Nil <rednoise9@rednoise9.invalid> - 2025-06-12 15:05 -0400

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