Re: Confusing UAs considered harmful (was *Reply-to* considered harmful)

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Keith Moore wrote:

> However, most MUA implementations still treat Reply-to more as an 
> "indication" of where responses are to be sent than as a 
> "suggestion"

Aye. Quite annoying.

> Entirely agree.  And if we're going to have a new field for 
> suggesting where replies go, it needs to be designed in such a way 
> that it makes a useful suggestion for the recipient, rather than in 
> such a way that recipient UAs are expected to process it 
> automatically without human input.

I think the correct thing is for the header to contain information 
specific and pertinent to the person who inserted or added to it. 
Something about /their/ preference, and avoid assuming things about 
respondents by trying to suggest things to them.

> Keith

regards,
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