Re: test message,or reply's to, which worse?

[Bernie Cosell]

On 28 May 2001, at 11:24, JC Dill wrote:

> On 08:16 AM 5/28/01, David W. Tamkin wrote:
> 
>  >Blind faith in reply-to-all to do the right thing magically without the
>  >user's reviewing its choices is not perfect either.  We agree that no mail
>  >client has a "read my mind, know all of netiquette, know the list rules,
>  >predict the text I plan to type, know the preferences of the poster to whom
>  >I'm replying, and figure out the exact right way to address my response"
>  >command.
> 
> Hmmm.  It seems we have an opportunity to write an RFC that would spec a 
> "reply-to-list" header and a "reply-to-author" header, and discuss how to 
> implement selection of these two reply options in common email 
> clients.

Gee, and you could call one of those 'reply' and the other 'followup' and 
almost have reinvented News...  :o)

  /Bernie\

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