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Message-ID and Bcc Was: The Bcc Issue

2004-08-16 00:57:21

Another related issue is whether "Message-ID" should be the 
same or different, when a message is sent to some 
recipients with "Bcc" headers and to other recipients 
without.

Arguments for the same Message-ID: This means that threads 
will be intact for all recipients whose mailers use the 
Message-ID to keep track of threads.

Arguments agains the same Message-ID: Many mailers suppress 
multiple copies of the same message with the same 
Message-ID. Thus, if a person receives two copies of a 
message, one with and one without Bcc, then depending on 
the order of reciept, only one of them will be retained.

Of course, the ideal mailer, which suppresses multiple 
copies of a message, should merge the headers of the 
multiple copies, but this is not very commonly done.
-- 
Jacob Palme <jpalme(_at_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se> (Stockholm University and KTH)
for more info see URL: http://www.dsv.su.se/jpalme/


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