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- From: ophof@SERVER.uwindsor.ca (Scott Ophof)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
- Subject: Re: Inconsistency in aliasing
- Date: 8 Jan 1993 01:52:29 -0600
- Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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- On 6 Jan 1993 22:05:00 GMT syd@dsi.com (Syd Weinstein) said:
- >ophof@SERVER.uwindsor.ca (Scott Ophof) writes:
- >>There's a bug in the aliasing facility.
- >>When an item contains the following header fields ("From ", From: ",
- >>"Reply-To: ", and "Sender:"), the full-name is taken from the "From: "
- >>field, but the address from one of the other three fields (can't tell
- >>which, since they are all the same addr).
- >>I'm referring to the "a" command in the alias facility, btw.
-
- >Its not a bug, its an effect of how the names are chosen....
-
- >The 'full name' comes from the From: line.
- >The address comes from the last of From: or Reply-To:
- >Its as intended. (reply-to's don't normally have full names on
- >them)
-
- I do not agree, and would to see this as a user-configurable option
- at least (*not* system-), but preferably just whatever is on the
- line used as input for the "a" command of alias. Maybe the user
- doesn't want her/his name there, and there's a definitely large
- chance of difference between names on "From:" and "Reply-To:".
-
- Please see this request as relevant also to other instances (if any)
- of header-rewrites in "elm".
-
- BTW, I can understand setting a priority for which of "From:",
- "Sender:", resp. "Reply-To:" overrides which (as per RFC-822).
- Do I understand correctly that whichever line comes last will be
- used by "elm"? That would definitely *not* be according to
- RFC-822... It sets rather rigid rules for these headers.
-
- What surprises me is what seems to me a lack of respect for what
- the user puts in the relevant header line(s), considering that North
- America is where respect for the other's privacy is of paramount
- importance.
-
- What happens if the item is "From: John Doe <some@where>", but the
- "Reply-To:" says "Jane Seymour <Her.Id@Castle.Movie.UK>"?
- I wouldn't like to see Jane's expression when she sees she's "just
- a John Doe", and not even the courtesy of "JANE Doe"... :-)
-
- I've gobs of items where the "Reply-To:" definitely has a full
- personal name on it. Take any BITnet-type discussion list; normally
- it contains the list name and addr, but users can override this to
- ensure replies will be sent to them, not the list (especially when
- they know beforehand that they are going to summarize or it's not
- really relevant (anymore) to the list).
-
- Regards.
- $$/
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