In <20040916160235(_dot_)48c85f8b(_dot_)moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu>
Keith Moore <moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu> writes:
My understanding is the opposite. RFC 2822 seems to me to imply that
the Reply-To address is a substitute for the From address - i.e.(b).
I would argue that RFC 2822 propagated the error in RFC 822. But it's
pretty much irrelevant now, because (b) is the widespread behavior.
No, RFC 822 is/was a Standard. Standards do not, by definition, contain
"errors". "Bugs" maybe, but not errors.
If that were not so, then anyone would be able to cherry pick which bits
of a standard they were free to ignore.
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