Re: Mailing List and Newsgruops
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 07:00:22PM -0700, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 6 May 2002, Grant Edwards wrote:
>
> > In the muc groups' articles, why not set the "followup-to:"
> > header to be the mailing list e-mail address?
>
> Because newsreaders are expecting newsgroups to be listed in the
> followup-to, and it wouldn't work?
Though it doesn't obey RFC1036, slrn handles it -- I assumed
other newsreaders would also.
It would proably be more compliant with RFC 1036 to do
Followup-to: poster
Reply-To: <mailing-list>
The problem is that the RFC is a unclear on what "Followup-To:
poster" actually means. The RFC text states tha the followup
is to be e-mailed to the article's "submitter". Unfortunately,
the RFC never defines "submitter". It could be determined by
the From: the Reply-To: or the Sender: headers.
The RFC is clear that "replies" are to be sent to the reply-to:
address if present, but the RFC never actually states where
followups are to be e-mailed. I _assume_ that Reply-To: is
supposed to be used (that's what slrn does), but it would be
nice if it were so stated.
--
Grant Edwards
grante@visi.com
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