Matthew Gregan wrote:
>
> > Could you please clarify which standard defines it? And if it is
> > defined as an optional extra, how widespread is its support?
> It's not a standard. D. J. Bernstein has a small FAQ[1].
> [1] http://cr.yp.to/proto/replyto.html
Interesting that at the same time there is a big discussion
on another list that I am on....
Can we please not? See reasons for it here:
<http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html>
The author goes out of his/her way to illustrate ``Principle of
Minimal Munging'' and I must say the paper is pretty convincing.
The summary below is for those that don't want to read the above..
As users of this fine open source software, it shuld be obvious that
we want to encourage good mailers :-)
Summary
Many people want to munge Reply-To headers. They believe it makes
reply-to-list easier, and it encourages more list traffic. It really
does neither, and is a very poor idea. Reply-To munging suffers
from the following problems:
It violates the principle of minimal munging.
It provides no benefit to the user of a reasonable mailer.
It limits a subscriber's freedom to choose how he or she will
direct a response.
It actually reduces functionality for the user of a reasonable
mailer.
It removes important information, which can make it impossible to
get back to the message sender.
It penalizes the person with a reasonable mailer in order to
coddle those running brain-dead software.
It violates the principle of least work because complicates the
procedure for replying to messages.
It violates the principle of least surprise because it changes the
way a mailer works.
It violates the principle of least damage, and it encourages a
failure mode that can be extremely embarrassing -- or worse.
Your subscribers don't want you to do it. Or, at least the ones
who have bothered to read the docs for their mailer don't want you to do
it.
Pete
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