From: Sudish Joseph <sj@eng.mindspring.net>
Subject: Re: Checking `Reply-To'
Date: 11 Mar 1997 20:05:44 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yviad8t5q5qb.fsf@atreides.eng.mindspring.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Stainless Steel Rat's message of 11 Mar 1997 17:39:49 -0500
Stainless Steel Rat writes:
> If the mailbox specified in the From header does not point back to the
> originating host or originating site's mailhub, then the address is not
> canonical as far as RFC-822 is concerned.
RFC 822 has no such restrictions. It's only suggestions are
wrt. default entries, entries generated by *machines* when the user
has /no particular preference/. In this latter case, it says From:
should contain what Sender: would otherwise.
The contents of From: are entirely up to the user. There is no
concept of "canonical" identity in 822.
822bis includes a "SHOULD NOT" regarding the gratuitous use of
Reply-To:. It also snips the "typical uses" statements that are
interpreted by some as law in the description of Reply-To.
More interestingly, 822bis promotes the usage of References: for
threading. Yay.
-Sudish
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1997-03-12 1:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-02-22 2:47 Hrvoje Niksic
1997-02-23 2:57 ` Stainless Steel Rat
1997-02-23 5:06 ` Steven L Baur
1997-02-28 23:34 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-03-01 6:11 ` Hrvoje Niksic
1997-03-09 15:38 ` Nathan O. Siemers
1997-03-09 17:01 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-03-09 22:59 ` Stainless Steel Rat
1997-03-10 5:21 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1997-03-10 23:38 ` Stainless Steel Rat
1997-03-11 2:35 ` François Pinard
1997-03-11 14:35 ` Per Abrahamsen
1997-03-11 17:01 ` Stainless Steel Rat
1997-03-11 17:45 ` Per Abrahamsen
1997-03-11 22:39 ` Stainless Steel Rat
1997-03-12 1:05 ` Sudish Joseph [this message]
1997-03-12 17:47 ` Stainless Steel Rat
1997-03-12 19:56 ` Sudish Joseph
1997-03-11 18:46 ` Sten Drescher
1997-03-11 22:53 ` Stainless Steel Rat
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