From: Bruce Lilly (blilly@erols.com)
Date: Thu Mar 04 2004 - 07:01:31 CST
Russ Allbery wrote:
> Bruce Lilly <blilly@erols.com> writes:
>
>>J.B.Moreno wrote:
>
>
>>>This is bogus on three grounds -- one, I can put anything I like into
>>>any header that I like without even resorting to telnet where
>>>everything that goes out is what I typed in, which means that all
>>>followup requirements are out the window (including References) if the
>>>user's ability to override is to be considered relevant.
>
>
>>You are wrong; users are not permitted to override References.
>
>
> I have to disagree here; people do so routinely.
Then there's yet another flaw in our draft, because that draft
does not permit users to override what agents to with References
during a follow-up. If you want to pursue that line, go ahead.
But I don't believe that users should be allowed to edit
References -- the average user has no clue how to maintain
correct syntax or semantics.
It might be possible to identify some cases where agents could
provide for cleaner preparation of some types of messages,
including handling References, e.g. a single response to
multiple messages. But that's a different matter.