ChangeLog

@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ yapfaq 1.1.0 (unreleased)
   * --test: Set Supersedes and don't modify Message-ID if -o is set.
   * --test: Force -o if -n is not set.
   * Add conversion script for old status files.
-  * Accept a posting-frequency of "never", too.
-  * Check for illegal headers and stop posting, if found.
-  * Disabled projects must be posted, if forced.
-  * Warn of unencoded 8bit characters in header or body if -d is set.
-  * Update POD.
 
 yapfaq 1.0.1 (2025-01-24)
   * Add %t placeholder for Message-ID (feature parity with 0.9).

bin/yapfaq.pl

@@ -412,17 +412,6 @@ sub BuildPosting {
     return '';
   }
 
-  # check for illegal headers
-  my $FoundIllegalHeader = 0;
-  foreach (qw/Date User-Agent X-Newsreader X-Mailer Injection-Date
-    Injection-Info NNTP-Posting-Date NNTP-Posting-Host X-Trace/) {
-    if ($Header{lc($_)})  {
-      warn "W: $_ header may not be set in '$HeaderFile'.\n";
-      $FoundIllegalHeader = 1;
-    }
-  }
-  return '' if $FoundIllegalHeader;
-
   # add Date:
   push @Headers, 'Date: ' . $TD->strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z') . "\n";
   # add missing Message-ID:
@@ -430,16 +419,6 @@ sub BuildPosting {
   # add User-Agent
   push @Headers, "User-Agent: $NAME/$VERSION\n";
 
-  # check for unencoded 8bit characters in header or body in --debug mode
-  # taken from tinews.pl
-  if ($Config{'debug'}) {
-    print "- Raw 8-bit data in headers.\n" if (grep {/[\x80-\xff]/} @Headers);
-     # check for MIME headers and warn for 8bit characters in body if missing
-    if (!defined($Header{'mime-version'}) || !defined($Header{'content-type'})) {
-      print "- 8bit data in body without MIME-headers.\n" if (grep {/[\x80-\xff]/} @Body);
-    }
-  }
-
   # parse pseudo headers from body
   my ($InRealBody,$LastModified,$PostingFrequency);
   foreach (@Body) {
@@ -536,8 +515,8 @@ sub BuildPosting {
     }
   }
 
-  # not due if Posting-Freqency is "none" or never
-  if ($PostingFrequency =~ /none|never/ && !$OptForce) {
+  # not due if Posting-Freqency is "none"
+  if ($PostingFrequency =~ /none/) {
     print "... is disabled.\n" if $Config{'verbose'} or $Config{'debug'};
     return '';
   }
@@ -761,14 +740,7 @@ files need to be in B<datadir>.
 Needs to have at least I<From:>, I<Subject:> and I<Newsgroups:> and
 can contain all other headers that the posting should have. Headers
 must conform to RFC 5536 and RFC 5322 and use MIME encoded words for
-8bit characters. B<yapfaq> won't convert headers, but will warn of
-unencoded 8bit characters in B<--debug> mode. Longer headers should
-be folded; B<yapfaq> won't fold headers.
-
-The headers file must not contain any of the following headers:
-I<Date:>, I<User-Agent:>, I<X-Newsreader:>, I<X-Mailer:>,
-I<Injection-Date:>, I<Injection-Info:>, I<NNTP-Posting-Date:>,
-I<NNTP-Posting-Host:> or I<X-Trace:>.
+8bit characters. B<yapfaq> won't convert headers.
 
 I<Subject:> may contain a I<%LM> placeholder that will be replaced
 with the I<Last-modified:> pseudo-header from the text file
@@ -830,8 +802,7 @@ I<Last-modified:> and I<Posting-frequency> will be evaluated by
 B<yapfaq>.
 
 If your content contains 8bit characters, you'll need suitable MIME
-headers in your headers file.  B<yapfaq> will warn of unencoded 8bit
-characters with missung MIME headers in B<--debug> mode.
+headers in your headers file.
 
 B<Example text file with pseudo-headers>