robert wrote: > Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:00:24 -0400 > From: Paul Fox <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > | so you still might not know that you've left a blank To: header. > > There's nothing wrong with that - Norm's issue was that sometimes he was > sending to no-one but himself, not which header the addresses appear in.
oh, right. i'd forgotten the details. > > Technically (as far as the e-mail standards go) there's no difference at > all between To and cc - it's all just human factors (bcc, if it contains > addresses, is just the same). Addresses in "to" is supposed to indicate > primary recipients, and "cc" recipients that are just included for info only. i feel as if i've used an MUA at some point which got confused by a an empty or missing To header, but trying the couple i have on hand, none seem to care. perhaps it was mailing list software. in any case, i understand your point. paul =---------------------- paul fox, [email protected] (arlington, ma, where it's 51.8 degrees) _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
