Re: Mailing list headers
Alexander Hvostov <alex@aoi.dyndns.org> writes:
> RFC 2369 specifies the List-Post header, which gives a URI to post to
> the list (or the special value "NO", meaning posting to the list is not
> allowed so don't bother). An intelligent mailer will send email to the
> address specified in this header, if present, when its 'group reply' or
> 'reply to all' command is invoked.
>
> Here you have a standard, well-defined, listserv-managed, specific, and
> unambiguous way for all mail readers to know that a message was sent via
> a list, and what to do when they want to reply to that list.
Just glancing at the RFC, it doesn't seem to say anything about that
if the List-Post header is set replies should only go to the list. So
whether that tells your mailreader that the mail came from a list is
really irrelevant, it doesn't tell you where to send replies.
ryan
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