At 07:55 PM 1/15/98 -0500, Merrill Cook wrote:
>I just loaded the Outlook 98 beta. I noticed something that looks kinda
>odd:
>
>When I reply to a note that has a "Sender" (header) that is different
>from the "From:" header, Outlook is including BOTH the sender and the
>>From address in the reply.
>
>Don't most list management packages use "list-owner" for the Sender?
>Won't this default behavior be pretty nasty to the list-owners who will
>now get two copies of each message?
>
>Is there any way to get a loud message to Microsoft to stop doing it
>this way, or at least to make it a configurable option that is turned
>off by default (so a simple reply goes only to the "From:" field, not
>the "sender").
Well, you could always *TRY* blasting the following from RFC822 at them,
noting the capitalized NEVER in the second bullet item. However,
Microsoft is not famous for listening, nor for obeying standards other
than its own.
(I'm not sure how you figure the two copies to list-owners, though;
the From: header is generally the poster of the message. Are you
sure that Reply-To isn't somehow involved in what you see?)
Stan.
(RFC822 excerpt:)
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.
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