Quote:
Originally Posted by sflorack
...For example, if I receive an email from Bob who addressed it to myself and Nick, and CC'd Mitch, replying would:
TO: Bob, Nick
CC: Mitch
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But that is
not what happens when using the Fastmail web interface. If Bob sends such a message, here are the original message headers:
From: Bob
To: ME, Nick
Cc: Mitch
The Reply to All button sends a reply as follows:
From: ME
To: Bob
Cc: Nick, Mitch
The Reply to Sender button sends a reply as follows:
From: ME
To: Bob
Quote:
Originally Posted by sflorack
...FM (and Outlook) maintains the original TO/CC values...
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That is incorrect. In my example above, the original headers were:
From: Bob
To: ME, Nick
Cc: Mitch
If the original To/Cc headers were maintained, the reply message would not be returned to the sender but would be sent to myself, Nick, and Mitch (but not Bob, since his address was originally in From). The headers would be:
From: ME
To: ME, Nick
Cc: Mitch
But the actual reply headers are quite different. The message is sent To the original sender,
not sent to myself, and all other addresses are in Cc as follows:
From: ME
To: Bob
Cc: Nick, Mitch
Quote:
Originally Posted by sflorack
... ewal is thinking that replying that same scenario should:
TO: Bob
CC: Nick, Mitch
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And as I said, that is exactly what happens. I tested this several times -- it's pretty easy to test. There is no problem! The general rules are:
- The reply To field is set to the original From address. So there is only one address placed into the To field (the original sender address).
- All other addresses found in the original To and Cc (except your delivery address) are placed in the Cc field.
- Bcc doesn't change these rules. There is no Bcc field in the received message -- all the Bcc does is allow the sender to specify the envelope address so that a copy of that message arrives in your Inbox, but your address is not in any headers when received by others in the addressing fields.
Bill