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Re: REPLYTO field.
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 12 Aug 2000 02:15:48 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Todd Lehman writes:
> Lesser of two evils: It's better for that to happen accidentally than for
> the reverse to happen accidentally (sending a reply to the whole list when
> you think you're talking to only one person)!
Another couple of reasons:
If the 'Reply-To:' header is set to the list, then the probability goes way
up that auto-reply handlers (i.e, "I'm on vacation" notices and so fort) will
find their way to the list when they should have gone instead to the original
author of a message.
Another problem with setting 'Reply-To:' to the list is that it Just Wasn't
Meant To Be Used That Way. The 'Reply-To:' header is for giving a more
official/correct/canonical e-mail address than what appears in the 'From:'
header. For example, you might set your Reply-To to be
Reply-To: "Barney Rubble" <brub@bedrock.edu>
because the stupid mailer at your school insists on sending
From: "Barney Rubble" <brub@mail.bedrock.edu>
Some people also do this:
From: "Barney Rubble" <brub@SPAMLESS.bedrock.edu>
Reply-To: "Barney Rubble" <brub@bedrock.edu>
--Todd
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| (...) Which seems silly because spam-harvesters can (and probably do) read the reply-to header as well as the from one. (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: REPLYTO field.
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| (...) Lesser of two evils: It's better for that to happen accidentally than for the reverse to happen accidentally (sending a reply to the whole list when you think you're talking to only one person)! Of course, the ultimate geek thing would be if (...) (24 years ago, 12-Aug-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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