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Article #669Re: Determing mail reply address?
From: Andrew Patrick
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 1991 15:31
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 1991 15:31
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In article <1991Jan31.203213.21271@cbnews.att.com> djb@cbnews.att.com (David J. Bryant) writes:
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>From what I can tell, there are several mail headers that contain information
>useful in determining the reply address for a message received (Sender:,
>Reply-to:, Return-Path:, From: and From_). Not all of these are provided
>by mail agents I know and use, though 'mush' is capable of adding header
>lines like Sender: and Reply-to:, and can be told in which order to check for
>these fields in formulating the reply address.
>
>Two (compound) questions, then:
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>1) What is the "standard" order in which these fields should be checked to
> formulate a reply? (In other words, what should I set reply_to_hdr to
> be?) If there's not a standard, is their a best choice you mail gurus
> would recommend? Is mush's default setting the best one for me to use?
I have had the most luck with:
set reply_to_hdr='reply-to from return-path sender from_'
>
>2) Which of these fields should I set using mush's my_hdr command? I can,
> for example, set the Sender: header to be my preferred send-to address,
> but is that better than setting Reply-to:? Are either (or both) of these
> fields guaranteed to be untouched by mail agents, or is it the case that
> one (or both) may be re-written at will by mailers through who my mail
> passes?
I just set the Reply-To header:
my_hdr Reply-to: andrew@calvin.doc.ca
--
Andrew Patrick, Ph.D. Department of Communications, Ottawa, CANADA
andrew@calvin.doc.CA
"The interface IS the program."
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.mush Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!dgbt!rick.doc.ca!calvin.doc.ca!andrew From: andrew@calvin.doc.ca (Andrew Patrick) Subject: Re: Determing mail reply address? Message-ID: <1991Feb1.153142.6424@rick.doc.ca> Keywords: mail headers, reply_to_hdr Sender: news@rick.doc.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: calvin.doc.ca Organization: Communications Research Centre, Ottawa References: <1991Jan31.203213.21271@cbnews.att.com> Date: Fri, 1 Feb 1991 15:31:42 GMT