[Mailman-Developers] Modifications to msg

Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com
Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:53:11 -0500


On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 08:12:54PM -0800, J C Lawrence wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 19:28:59 -0800 
> John W Baxter <John> wrote:
> 
> > (Unlimited reply to headers sounds like a great way to get a Spam
> > multiplier effect, but that wasn't a consideration at RFC writing
> > time.)
> 
> RFC 2822 explicitly states that Reply-To can contain a list of
> headers. RFC 822 is more ambiguous.  To my mind this single fact (if
> used with Reply-To aggregation) obviates most of the arguments in the
> Reply-To Munging Considered Harmful document.

The Linux Answer Gang list at ssc.com uses multi-player Reply-to's. It
confused me at first, because I keep Mutt set to prompt, and it only
prompts for the *first* address in the list -- subsequently giving you
and edit-mode prompt showing all the reply-to's, which it handles
correctly.

Cheers,
- jra
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