INTERNET-DRAFT                               Charles H. Lindsey
Usenet Format Working Group                  University of Manchester
                                             July 2001

6.8. Mail-Copies-To

6.8.  Mail-Copies-To
   The Mail-Copies-To header indicates whether or not the poster wishes
   to have followups to an article emailed in addition to being posted
   to Netnews and, if so, establishes the address to which they should
   be sent.

   The content syntax makes use of syntax defined in [RFC 2822], but
   subject to the revised definition of local-part given in section 5.2.

      Mail-Copies-To-content    = copy-addr / "nobody" / "poster"
      copy-addr                 = mailbox

   The keyword "nobody" indicates that the poster does not wish copies
   of any followup postings to be emailed. This indication is widely
   seen as a very strong wish, and is to be taken as the default when
   this header is absent.

   The keyword "poster" indicates that the poster wishes a copy of any
   followup postings to be emailed to him.

   Otherwise, this header contains a copy-addr to which the poster
   wishes a copy of any followup postings to be sent.

        NOTE: Some existing practice uses the keyword "never" in place
        of "nobody" and "always" in place of "poster". These usages are
        deprecated, but followup agents MAY observe them.

   The automatic actions of a followup agent in the various cases
   (subject to manual override by the user) are as follows:

   nobody (or when the header is absent)
      The followup agent SHOULD NOT, by default, email such a copy and
      Ought, especially when there is an explicit "nobody", to issue a
      warning and ask for confirmation if the user attempts to do so.

   poster
      The followup agent Ought, by default, to email a copy, which MUST
      then be sent to the address in the Reply-To header, and in the
      absence of that to the address(es) in the From header.

   copy-addr
      The followup agent Ought, by default, to email a copy, which MUST
      then be sent to the copy-addr.

        NOTE: This header is only relevant when posting followups to
        Netnews articles, and is to be ignored when sending pure email
        replies to the poster, which are handled as prescribed under the
        Reply-To header (6.1).  Whether or not this header will also
        find similar usage for replies to messages sent to mailing lists
        falls outside the scope of this standard.

   When emailing a copy, the followup agent SHOULD also include a
   "Posted-And-Mailed: yes" header (6.9).

        NOTE: In addition to the Posted-And-Mailed header, some followup
        agents also include within the body a mention that the article
        is both posted and mailed, for the benefit of reading agents
        that do not normally show that header.

Diffs to previous draft

--- {draft-04}	Wed Jul 11 21:55:34 2001
+++ {draft-05}	Wed Jul 11 21:55:34 2001
@@ -4,22 +4,21 @@
    to Netnews and, if so, establishes the address to which they should
    be sent.
 
-   The content syntax makes use of syntax defined in [MESSFOR], but
+   The content syntax makes use of syntax defined in [RFC 2822], but
    subject to the revised definition of local-part given in section 5.2.
 
       Mail-Copies-To-content    = copy-addr / "nobody" / "poster"
       copy-addr                 = mailbox
 
-   The keyword "nobody" indicates that the author does not wish copies
+   The keyword "nobody" indicates that the poster does not wish copies
    of any followup postings to be emailed. This indication is widely
    seen as a very strong wish, and is to be taken as the default when
    this header is absent.
 
-
-   The keyword "poster" indicates that the author wishes a copy of any
+   The keyword "poster" indicates that the poster wishes a copy of any
    followup postings to be emailed to him.
 
-   Otherwise, this header contains a copy-addr to which the author
+   Otherwise, this header contains a copy-addr to which the poster
    wishes a copy of any followup postings to be sent.
 
         NOTE: Some existing practice uses the keyword "never" in place
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@
 
         NOTE: This header is only relevant when posting followups to
         Netnews articles, and is to be ignored when sending pure email
-        replies to the author, which are handled as prescribed under the
+        replies to the poster, which are handled as prescribed under the
         Reply-To header (6.1).  Whether or not this header will also
         find similar usage for replies to messages sent to mailing lists
         falls outside the scope of this standard.