Date   : Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:41:36 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Who the message is from...

Kevin Bracey wrote:
> > What is wrong with:
> >    From: Rick <rs@...>
> >    Reply-To: <bbc-micro@...>
> >
> It overwrites any Reply-To set by Rick.
 
Well, duh, yeah. That's the whole point. Rick is the *author* of
the message, not the source of it. Reply-To should be set to allow
a reply back to the *source* of the message, which is the mailing
list. An intelligent list processing system would move any Reply-To
in Rick's post to the from address, so a post from Rick with a
header something along the following lines:
 
'From: Rick <posting@...>'
'Reply-To: <ricks.reply at address'
 
Would come through from the mailing list as:
 
'From: Rick <ricks.reply at address'
'Reply-To: <bbc-micro@...>'
 
> > Oh, and its an RFC, NOT a standard.
 
Ok, RFCs are only suggestions, not standards. Ok, I shall ensure
that all my posts will indicate their destination with a field that
starts 'Arret:' because the RFC that says it should start 'To: ' is
only a suggestion, not a standard, and I won't put spaces after the
colons as it's only an RFC, not a standard, and I'll not have a
blank line between the header and the body, 'cos it's only an RFC,
not a standard.
 
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