usefor-article-07 May 2002

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6.1.  Reply-To

   The Reply-To-header specifies a reply address(es) to be used for
   personal replies for the poster(s) of the article when this is
   different from the poster's address(es) given in the From-header. 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.

      header              =/ Reply-To-header
      Reply-To-header     = "Reply-To" ":" SP Reply-To-content
      Reply-To-content    = address-list

   In the absence of Reply-To, the reply address(es) is the address(es)
   in the From-header. For this reason a Reply-To SHOULD NOT be included
   if it just duplicates the From-header.

        NOTE: Use of a Reply-To-header is preferable to including a
        similar request in the article body, because replying agents can
        take account of Reply-To automatically.
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--- ../usefor-article-06/Reply-To.out          November 2001
+++ ../usefor-article-07/Reply-To.out          May 2002
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 6.1.  Reply-To
 
-   The Reply-To header specifies a reply address(es) to be used for
+   The Reply-To-header specifies a reply address(es) to be used for
    personal replies for the poster(s) of the article when this is
-   different from the poster's address(es) given in the From header. The
+   different from the poster's address(es) given in the From-header. 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.
 
-      Reply-To-content    = From-content  ; see 5.2
+      header              =/ Reply-To-header
+      Reply-To-header     = "Reply-To" ":" SP Reply-To-content
+      Reply-To-content    = address-list
 
    In the absence of Reply-To, the reply address(es) is the address(es)
-   in the From header. For this reason a Reply-To SHOULD NOT be included
-   if it just duplicates the From header.
+   in the From-header. For this reason a Reply-To SHOULD NOT be included
+   if it just duplicates the From-header.
 
-        NOTE: Use of a Reply-To header is preferable to including a
-        similar request in the article body, because reply agents can
+        NOTE: Use of a Reply-To-header is preferable to including a
+        similar request in the article body, because replying agents can
         take account of Reply-To automatically.
-   An address of "<>" in the Reply-To header MAY be used to indicate
-   that the poster does not wish to recieve email replies.
 

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