Errors-to: owner-drums@CS.UTK.EDU
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 15:06:29 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Jacob Palme <jpalme@dsv.su.se>
To: Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no
Cc: Keith Moore <moore@CS.UTK.EDU>, ietf-drums <drums@CS.UTK.EDU>
Subject: Re: Resent- facility
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On Mon, 18 Sep 1995 Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no wrote:

> - The section starts something like this:
> 
>      When an UA wishes to send a message that has arrived in its mailbox
>      to another mailbox while retaining the illusion that it came directly
>      from the original sender, it MUST (SHOULD?) document this action
>      by adding Resent-To:, Resent-Date: and Resent-From: fields to show
>      what was done to the message.
> 
>      When an user wishes to bring a message to another user's attention,
>      this method SHOULD NOT be used; rather, MIME encapsulation of the
>      message is the recommended method.
> 
> What do you think?

Very reasonable. Perhaps change "to another mailbox while retaining the
illussion that it came directly" to "to another mailbox (such as an
automatic mail responder) giving the impression that it came directly".

"Impression" might be a better word than "illussion".

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Jacob Palme <jpalme@dsv.su.se> (Stockholm University and KTH)
for more info see URL: http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme