GNU bug report logs - #46472
Make lisp/mail/uce.el obsolete

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: security

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, 46472 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46472: Make lisp/mail/uce.el obsolete
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 15:07:15 +0200
Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Replying to spam is at best pointless, but most likely actively harmful.
> Emacs having a package to help you reply to spam is at best pointless,
> but most likely actively harmful.
>
> This is one of the many things that makes Emacs look antiquated.
> I find the refusal to even obsolete such things demotivating for working
> on Emacs. So IMO the cost for keeping such things around is non-zero.

I think, on reflection, that this is a good argument.  And I agree with
everybody's that said that you should never use uce.el, so I've now
moved it to obsolete.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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