Re: Return address for autoresponder
Mikko Hnninen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Karl Vogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Sun, 25 Feb 2001: If I'm reading the RFCs correctly, the right order is "Reply-to:", then "From:", then "Sender:". How about using the envelope sender (ie. return-path)? I missed the original message, so maybe this isn't really applicable, but in general you should take mailing lists into account. On most mailing lists, including this one, the right return address is not found in any of those headers. Of course, one should try to avoid sending auto-replies to list emails at all, but chances are you'll never be able to detect with 100% accuracy all list emails, so should count on it happening sometime. Perhaps; but if so, having the auto-responder *NOT* respond to the list address is still a win! -- David Dyer-Bennet / Welcome to the future! / [EMAIL PROTECTED] SF: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ Minicon: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon/ Photos: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/
Re: Return address for autoresponder
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 04:21:07PM -0500, Leander Berwers [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I am writing an auto-responder in Perl. I have been looking for the ones publicly available, but I was wondering to what address I have to respond to, namely: Do you need to look for Reply-To: first and if that header is unavailable look for From:? It depends on what the auto responder is doing. If it is a delivery status notification (for example an out of the office reply), then the message should be sent to the envelope sender address. If it is an automated reply to a request of some sort, than use reply-to, from and then sender. If there are resent-* headers present, then use the resent versions of the previous headers. If none of the above are provided and you still want to try to reply, then use the envelope sender address. You may want to include the original received headers somewhere in the reply so that it is easier for the recipient to deal with mischief.
Re: Return address for autoresponder
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 14:44:08 +0100, Leander Berwers [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: L I am writing an auto-responder in Perl. I have been looking for the ones L publicly available, but I was wondering to what address I have to L respond to, namely: Do you need to look for Reply-To: first and if that L header is unavailable look for From:? If I'm reading the RFCs correctly, the right order is "Reply-to:", then "From:", then "Sender:". -- Karl Vogel[EMAIL PROTECTED] ASC/YCOA, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA 5 days a week my body is a temple. The other two, it's an amusement park. --bumper sticker
Re: Return address for autoresponder
Karl Vogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Sun, 25 Feb 2001: If I'm reading the RFCs correctly, the right order is "Reply-to:", then "From:", then "Sender:". How about using the envelope sender (ie. return-path)? I missed the original message, so maybe this isn't really applicable, but in general you should take mailing lists into account. On most mailing lists, including this one, the right return address is not found in any of those headers. Of course, one should try to avoid sending auto-replies to list emails at all, but chances are you'll never be able to detect with 100% accuracy all list emails, so should count on it happening sometime. Regards, Mikko -- // Mikko Hnninen, aka. Wizzu // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // http://www.wizzu.com/ // The Corrs list maintainer // net.freak// DALnet IRC operator/ // Interests: roleplaying, Linux, the Net, fantasy scifi, the Corrs/ "Talk is cheap -- supply exceeds demand"
Re: Return address for autoresponder
Mikko Hänninen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Of course, one should try to avoid sending auto-replies to list emails at all, but chances are you'll never be able to detect with 100% accuracy all list emails, so should count on it happening sometime. My first rule would be never ever send one if you're not in the To (and possibly Cc - but that's debtable) headers. That's a method that doesn't have 100% coverage, as some of the daily-mailings from less-wise operations like Flonetwork (who send the techweb.com daily mailing) tend to have your address in the To: header (and they don't put any Precedence headers, or anything that might give you a clue). But it's a good start. James.
