On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Florian Weimer wrote: > > Is there a reason not to simply read the "Precedence: list" header > > and simply not respond at all ? > > "Precedence: list" is non-standard. Technically speaking, > RFC-compliant software should not use it. 8-/
That's not quite correct, software MAY use it. RFC3834: Recommendations for Automatic Responses to Electronic Mail: - A responder MAY refuse to send a response to a subject message which contains any header or content which makes it appear to the responder that a response would not be appropriate. For instance, if the subject message contained a Precedence header field [I4.RFC 2076] with a value of "list" the responder might guess that the traffic had arrived from a mailing list, and would not respond if the response were only intended for personal messages. For similar reasons, a responder MAY ignore any subject message with a List-* field [I5.RFC 2369]. (Because Precedence is not a standard header field, and its use and interpretation vary widely in the wild, no particular responder behavior in the presence of Precedence is recommended by this specification.) -- PGP signed and encrypted | .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** messages preferred. | : :' : The universal | `. `' Operating System http://www.palfrader.org/ | `- http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]