Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by CS.UTK.EDU with SMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id UAA23625; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:36:56 -0400 Received: by CS.UTK.EDU (bulk_mailer v1.6); Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:30:55 -0400 Received: from ng.netgate.net (root@ng.netgate.net [204.145.147.10]) by CS.UTK.EDU with ESMTP (cf v2.9s-UTK) id UAA23252; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:30:50 -0400 Received: from [204.179.131.183] (mg131-023.ricochet.net [204.179.131.23]) by ng.netgate.net (8.7.4/8.6.9) with ESMTP id RAA11200 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 1996 17:37:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Sender: dcrocker@ng.netgate.net Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 17:28:57 -0700 To: drums@cs.utk.edu From: Dave Crocker Subject: Preventing replying Folks, The voice messaging folks (VPIM) need to be able to send mail which explicitly disables replying. If I dial-up up and leave you a voice message, the system typically doesn't know who I am. Hence, when it is sent as Internet Mail it should be sent so as to disable the recipient's replying mechanism, since there is no mailbox to send replies to. My current view is that the best "configuration" for the message is to have: 1. Sender field contains a valid mailbox address which refers to the operator of the originating voice mail system, to permit recourse in the event of problems. 2. From field contain a raw string (not email address) for display, indicating the nature of the message or its source. Perhaps a standard string such as "voice mail" or somesuch would make sense. 3. Reply-to field exists but is null. Contains no data to right of colon. This should explicitly disable replies. Comments? d/ -------------------- Dave Crocker +1 408 246 8253 Brandenburg Consulting fax: +1 408 249 6205 675 Spruce Dr. dcrocker@brandenburg.com Sunnyvale CA 94086 USA http://www.brandenburg.com Internet Mail Consortium http://www.imc.org, info@imc.org