Re: Mail-Followup-To

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> Yes, RFC 822 did not make a distinction between reply-to-author and
> reply-to-list.  These are aspects of the mail client, not the message
> format.  To a well-written MUA, these headers are redundant; the client
> already makes the appropriate distinction.  A badly written MUA, one that
> does not make the distinction, is not going to honor these headers.

Yup.  But there are useful things that can be done with these
headers.  For instance -- on mailing lists where everyone that posts
is assumed to be subscribed (like this one), the listserv could add a
"Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org" header.  It can also be used by the
sender as a way to signal "I am subscribed to the list; don't Cc me or
anybody else".

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen