From: Justin Sheehy <justin@linus.mitre.org>
Subject: Re: Mail-Followup-To
Date: 10 Feb 1998 18:22:33 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <glm4t27t58m.fsf@caffeine.rcf.mitre.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Stainless Steel Rat's message of "10 Feb 1998 16:24:24 -0500"
Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:
> Given the premise that a mailing list manager should not set a Reply-To
> header, the lack of such a header means just that. The existance of
> Reply-To means, "send the mail here instead of to the list".
Um, no.
The existence of a Reply-To: means, "IF you reply to me, send it to
this address instead of the one in the From: header."
It in no way makes a suggestion or mandate regarding someone's
decision whether to followup or to reply.
In a usenet post, the Followup-To: header has a meaning similar to
that which you suggest if its contents are "poster". However, this is
completely orthogonal to usage of Reply-to: headers.
--
Justin Sheehy
In a cloud bones of steel.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-02-10 23:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <larsi@ifi.uio.no>
1998-02-10 19:21 ` Mail-Followup-To Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-10 19:37 ` Mail-Followup-To Stephen Zander
1998-02-10 20:42 ` Mail-Followup-To Richard Coleman
[not found] ` <x7soprkz6f.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1998-02-10 21:13 ` Mail-Followup-To Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-10 21:25 ` Mail-Followup-To Richard Coleman
[not found] ` <x77m73kvav.fsf@peorth.gweep.net>
1998-02-10 23:22 ` Justin Sheehy [this message]
1998-02-11 13:33 ` Mail-Followup-To Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1998-02-11 21:48 ` Mail-Followup-To Jason R Mastaler
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