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From: ejnorman@uwmacc.UUCP (Eric Norman)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: What is the proper way to forward mail?
Message-ID: <1992@uwmacc.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 14-Nov-87 11:04:08 EST
Article-I.D.: uwmacc.1992
Posted: Sat Nov 14 11:04:08 1987
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Keywords: RFC822  Forwarding mail  Resent- fields

In article <289@hobbes.UUCP> plocher@hobbes.UUCP (John Plocher) claims:
> As I read RFC822 it *should* be doing this instead:
> 	Resent-Date: date forwarded
> 	Resent-From: plocher@uwspan
> 	Resent-Sender: Filter program used by John Plocher <plocher@uwspan>
> 	Resent-To: newperson@newmachine

> 	Do I understand things OK?

Doesn't seem so.  RFC822 says to me that Resent- fields are to be added
by people.  E.g. they're designed to handle the "Gertrude, you know more
about this than I do; you take it" case. They could be added, for instance,
if you typed FORWARD (but not SET FORWARD) at VMS mail.  Claiming that a
.forward file or an alias that expands to a mailing list is an original
recipient seems a bit far-fetched.

Personally, I wouldn't even want to put 'em even in that case since there's
an awful lot of mail systems that think Resent-From: takes precedence over
From: even though RFC822 specifically says it ain't gonna specifically
say.  This seems undesirable either way you look at it.  The only thing
that makes sense to me as a "best guess" is that replies go to the author.

Eric Norman
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