Dromio wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Sep 1997 22:30:17 -0400, in message:
><[log in to unmask]>, "Terry A. Moore"
><[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> On Date: 19 September 1997, 20:43:10 EDT
>> Alperin, Glenn wrote:
>>
>> >Sorry to throw you off here, but this will go back to the list-owner list
>> >as a demonstration that some mail programs do not accurately read the
>> >reply to headers.  My school is currently on an OpenVMS AXP 7.1 operating
>>
>> As I said in my followup, this was intended for a local audience, one
>> where 10,000 of our 11,000 mail users are on VM/CMS using a mail client
>> that does respect reply-to headers.  But, you are entirely correct that
>> there are many others that do not.
>
>        Does not replying to the sender header break the protical?

I would think that it would break the protocol, but apparently, somebody
hasn't cared enough to fix that problem yet with this particular mail
software.

>I'm wondering if the program is working correctly (based on curent
>standards), or doing something that it EXPLICETLY should not do.  Also
>I have worked in VMS for a while and I THINK (I could be wrong), that
>about 4 years ago the ``standard'' mail client did respect the
>reply-to line (or at least asked you about it).

I guess my question to you, then, is....what is the ``standard'' mail client
for VMS?  It is pretty clear to me that I am not using it now.

>                                                 Dromio

Glenn