From: Stan Ryckman <stanr(_at_)sunspot(_dot_)tiac(_dot_)net>
At 12:38 AM 4/23/00 -0500, David W. Tamkin wrote:
If it is important to know whether a recipient is present to read a
message, it should be sent To: him/her. Cc: is intended for FYI'ing
people who are ancillary to the exchange, to whom the text is not
directly addressed.
Quite possibly that may have been the original intent in the hearts
of the designers of RFC822. However, today, I know of no mail client
that enables 3-way (or larger) conversations by maintaining all of the
To: entries in the outgoing To: header of replies. The "reply-to-all"
or equivalent functions that I know of all put one address in the To:
header and everything else into Cc:. Perhaps you know of one that
operates differently?
Actually, I know of no Windows-based email client that behaves quite
that way - though there certainly might be some. But Outlook and
Outlook Express both keep To:'s as To:'s and Cc:'s as Cc's on a
Reply-to-all.
Happy Egg Day,
Stan
Happy Passover,
D-Man
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