[71245] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [OnTopic] common list sense (Re: Even you can be hacked)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Jakma)
Fri Jun 11 13:27:13 2004
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 18:12:27 +0100 (IST)
From: Paul Jakma <paul@clubi.ie>
To: "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <40C9E2D2.1050001@cox.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:
> Really? My responsibility to make sure you control your outbound
> mail. Got it.
You really think everyone on this list should remember the preference
of every other poster as to whether they do or do not want a direct
copy? Maybe we could have a list on a web page and everyone could
check the list before replying to a post. That'd be really useful.
But wait, seeing as how we've got these new-fangled computer thingies
that can take care of drudgery for us, how about we provide a way to
allow the poster to specify what their preference is, and then other
people's computers could automatically use that preference!
Oh wait:
http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/822/28.htm
Someone already thought of that! In *1982*. Gosh, how prescient!
(sorry if the sarcasm is a little thick, but I groan and shake my
head every time someone posts to NANOG about how people should please
stop including them in list replies. When I see someone who usually
has a modicum of clue do same I just have to reply. :) )
> Oh. Any suggestions on how to do that using my mailer?
No idea, consult its documentation. I do ctrl+r in my MUA, in
Netscape Communicator or Mozilla mail or Thunderbird you just add the
address in a new field and click the drop down list and change the
'To' to 'Reply-To'
If your mailer can not do something as simple as allow you to specify
the Reply-To, I suggest you upgrade to something that is at least
half-decent.
> And I'll delete the other copy you sent me for you.
That's another option I guess.
> Where is RFC 2821 is this requirement, by the way? RFC 2822
> says it is optional but seems to be less than useful in the
> context here.
Yes, of course Reply-To is optional. Absence of Reply-to indicates
reply should go to sender.
regards,
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