nmh-workers
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [Nmh-workers] RFC 5322 group support

2013-12-06 13:46:02
Hi Ken,

ISTM that MH's authors took a wrong turn, given their implementation
of bcc and their reluctance to add dcc.  This pushed them towards
removing the recipients from a group address.  Having a "normal"
bcc, or dcc early on, would have given that second place to put the
recipients when an empty group is wanted for privacy.

I see your point and I can't disagree with it, but my feeling is that
ship sailed approximately 30 years ago; IMHO changing the behavior now
gets us very little and breaks things for existing users.

Agreed.

I'm also in the camp that think's MH's bcc behavior is confusing, and
don't understand John Romine's dislike of dcc.

My guess at both is they didn't like the blind accidentally replying,
embarrassingly giving away their eavesdropping.

Cheers, Ralph.

_______________________________________________
Nmh-workers mailing list
Nmh-workers@nongnu.org
https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>