[Mailman-Developers] Modifications to msg

Dan Mick Dan Mick <dmick@utopia.West.Sun.COM>
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 18:56:29 -0800 (PST)


> RFC 2822 rules on the number of specific headers a message can have.
> E.g. it can have many Received: headers, but only one Reply-To: header
> (although the latter allows for multiple addresses... go figure).

Ease of parsing.  No one but humans typically looks at Received:,
but dumb MUAs need to use Reply-To:, so complicated tricks for
accumulating a list are limited there.  (at least that's what
I'd guess at for a rationale.)