Re: enhancements to VMS MAIL
From: Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing (winston_at_SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU)
Date: 11/29/04
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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:05:52 GMT
In article <41AB806D.C67C0A3B@teksavvy.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> writes:
>Bob Kaplow wrote:
>> Add the ability to REPLY to the author AND the rest of the distribution
>> list, including the CC list.
>
>Ahh... that requires a complete rewrite of VMSmail architecture.
>
>the TO and CC fields of VMS mail are simply there for display/information and
>are not meant to be usable. They are not used in routing and can mean anything
>and be formatted any way you want. There is also a limit of 256 bytes for the
>To and CC fields.
>
>Only the From: has some structure usable for processing.
>
>That is one of the main reasons I am still using ALLIN1. (it has a usable list
>of TO's and CC's as well as the From.)
If this is true, how come PMDF MAIL, using the VMS mail store, can do a
REPLY/ALL?
-- Alan
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