[ale] ALE reply-to changes needed??

[James Sumners]

Maybe neither client is broken (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html):

"4.4.4.  AUTOMATIC USE OF FROM / SENDER / REPLY-TO

        For systems which automatically  generate  address  lists  for
        replies to messages, the following recommendations are made:

            o   The "Sender" field mailbox should be sent  notices  of
                any  problems in transport or delivery of the original
                messages.  If there is no  "Sender"  field,  then  the
                "From" field mailbox should be used.

            o   The  "Sender"  field  mailbox  should  NEVER  be  used
                automatically, in a recipient's reply message.

            o   If the "Reply-To" field exists, then the reply  should
                go to the addresses indicated in that field and not to
                the address(es) indicated in the "From" field.

            o   If there is a "From" field, but no  "Reply-To"  field,
                the  reply should be sent to the address(es) indicated
                in the "From" field.

        Sometimes, a recipient may actually wish to  communicate  with
        the  person  that  initiated  the  message  transfer.  In such
        cases, it is reasonable to use the "Sender" address.

        This recommendation is intended  only  for  automated  use  of
        originator-fields  and is not intended to suggest that replies
        may not also be sent to other recipients of messages.   It  is
        up  to  the  respective  mail-handling programs to decide what
        additional facilities will be provided."

The rfc does not seem to state that it absolutely must be done in a specific
manner. Rather it just makes some suggestions.

On a related note, I found that one of the headers this list adds in is
outdated: "List-Archive: <http://www.ale.org/pipermail/ale/>"


On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 18:16:45 -0400
Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:

> As I've stated before.  It is not 'borked.'  The RFC's state that the 
> purpose of the reply-to header is to send reply email to INSTEAD of the 
> from header.  If you select reply to all, it still should not send the 
> email to the from address, because the purpose of the reply-to is to 
> redirect the email away from the from address header.  Therefore, it is 
> your email client that is 'borked.' :)


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