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Article #99543Re: rmail.el: rmail-reply enhancement
From: Barry Margolin
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 07:50
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 07:50
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In article <9008062301.AA00269@wsrcc> nancy!wsrcc!wolfgang@UUNET.UU.NET (Wolfgang S. Rupprecht) writes:
>In any case this is a path that will cause rmail-reply to try to
>find and use the "Return-Path:" feild.
This is normally the wrong thing to do. The Return-path is supposed to be
used by delivery agents to send failure notices back to the sender. It is
not intended to be used by user applications.
In particular, the From field may designate a different user from the
Sender and Return-path fields. This happens when one user sends a message
on behalf of another; for instance, I might send mail from other users'
terminals while I'm assisting them in their offices. In these cases
sending replies to the sender or return-path would cause me to miss the
mail.
--
Barry Margolin, Thinking Machines Corp.
barmar@think.com
{uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fb2f1,e8c1ae533d1abd87 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb2f1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1990-08-15 00:50:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!jarthur!usc!snorkelwacker!spdcc!merk!alliant!linus!think!barmar From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug Subject: Re: rmail.el: rmail-reply enhancement Message-ID: <41544@think.Think.COM> Date: 15 Aug 90 07:50:04 GMT References: <9008062301.AA00269@wsrcc> Sender: news@Think.COM Distribution: gnu Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA Lines: 20 Posted: Wed Aug 15 08:50:04 1990