Re: mail-followup-to / mail-copies-to

Hi Bruce,

On Tue, 24 May 2005, Bruce Lilly wrote:

> The Reply-To header field will do what you want.  It is specifically
> designed to indicate a list of addresses for responses (RFC 2822):
>
>   When the "Reply-To:" field is present, it
>   indicates the mailbox(es) to which the author of the message suggests
>   that replies be sent.
>
> So, in your case, setting
>  Reply-To: [email protected], [email protected]
> would have indicated your stated preference.

Hmm, possibly yes.

> This has been discussed in detail some months ago on the ietf-822 list.

Ah. would you be able to say roughly when? (or what the subject line 
may have contained?).

I have read of short descriptions of the problem, eg:

http://pm-doc.sourceforge.net/pm-tips-body.html#replyto_header

Which refers to the subtle distinction of interpreting Reply-To as 
the direction for a 'full' reply.

That distinction is possibly far too subtle though. If there is a 
distinction in how Reply-To should be interpreted between 'reply-all' 
and 'reply-author' MUA functionality, then for the latter, which of 
the From or multiple Reply-To mailboxes should a respondent use?

Would you know the answer, or be able to direct me to it?

I'm sceptical the Reply-To approach would work - I think i'll try an 
experiment and see how it works in practice.

> For an older description of the field and its uses, see RFC 822 section
> 4.4.3, and note that a mailing list is "text message teleconferencing".

Ah, indeed.

regards,
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