From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/6910 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Edward J. Sabol" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Gnus v5.2.24 is released Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1996 16:35:58 -0400 Message-ID: <199606242035.QAA28479@thuban.gsfc.nasa.gov> References: <199606232214.RAA00572@grendel.austin.texas.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035147300 5223 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 20:55:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:55:00 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: ding-request@ifi.uio.no Original-Received: from spork.callamer.com (root@spork.callamer.com [199.74.141.2]) by deanna.miranova.com (8.7.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id OAA05733 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 14:21:00 -0700 Original-Received: from ifi.uio.no (ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by spork.callamer.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA18611 for ; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 14:19:18 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from thuban.gsfc.nasa.gov (thuban.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.127.167]) by ifi.uio.no with ESMTP (8.6.11/ifi2.4) id for ; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 22:36:00 +0200 Original-Received: (from sabol@localhost) by thuban.gsfc.nasa.gov (LHEA9504/950407.s1) id QAA28479; Mon, 24 Jun 1996 16:35:58 -0400 Original-To: Gnus Mailing List In-reply-to: <199606232214.RAA00572@grendel.austin.texas.net> (message from Firebeard on Sun, 23 Jun 1996 17:14:48 -0500) Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:6910 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:6910 Excerpts from mail: (23-Jun-96) Re: Gnus v5.2.24 is released by Firebeard > Then why is Gnus (apparently) not using the X- convention? Because the plan is that someday, someone is going to write the RFC for it and make it at a quasi-official and well-documented e-mail header that we hope other MUAs will endorse and implement in a similar fashion. Today, Gnus; tomorrow, the world! Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha. > I certainly don't want Gnus handling the header one way, and then have the > Mail-Copies-To header defined to be addresses to CC on replies. Actually, that's exactly what it means. Two examples: Mail-Copies-To: never means "Don't ever CC: me on a posting to a newsgroup or mailing list" even if the user tries to do so Mail-Copies-To: me@my.email.address.net means "Please CC: this e-mail address when you post your follow-up to the newsgroup (or mailing list)" Later, Ed