Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!adm!mrose@nrtc-gremlin.arpa From: mrose@nrtc-gremlin.arpa (Marshall Rose) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: rmail-reply-to-sender Message-ID: <859@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: Mon, 17-Nov-86 16:46:48 EST Article-I.D.: brl-adm.859 Posted: Mon Nov 17 16:46:48 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Nov-86 22:06:35 EST Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 23 Well, only Dave Crocker knows for sure, but I think this interpretation is correct: New message (reply) Old message (being replied to) ------------------ ------------------------------ To: use Reply-To: if present, otherwise use From: if present, otherwise use Sender: if present otherwise use Return-Path: (gag) cc: use To: and cc: if present (including a cc: is at the user's option-- some people prefer to omit the cc:) For an example of the rules that MH uses, look at the standard "replcomps" file distributed with MH. This is a "simple" formatting facility which builds the reply draft for the user. Note that the answer to your "have CC's get replies if I use REPLY-TO" query depends on the recipient of the message, NOT the sender. /mtr