On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, David W. Tamkin <dattier@panix.com> wrote
>Chris Hastie added,
>
>|6) Do not respond to messages that do not explicitly contain your
>| address in the To: or Cc: headers.
>
> if you're
>carboned on a message, then you're a bystander, and your perusal is neither
>urgent nor critical. In my opinion, don't send a vacation response if your
>address is in Cc:, only if it's in To:.
Fair enough.
>
>|7) If you really must respond, do so to the SMTP reverse-path, not
>| the From: or Reply-to: header address.
>
>There I disagree strongly.
Better get your comments in on
<http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-moore-auto-email-response-02.txt>
then. Section 4 begins
|4. Where to send automatic responses (and where not to send them)
|
|In general, automatic responses SHOULD be sent to the Return-Path field
|if generated after delivery. If the response is generated prior to
|delivery, the response SHOULD be sent to the reverse-path from the SMTP
|MAIL FROM command, or (in a non-SMTP system) to the envelope return
|address which serves as the destination for nondelivery reports.
and goes on
|The Reply-To field SHOULD NOT be used as the destination for automatic
|responses from Personal or Group Responders.
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Chris Hastie
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