Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!Crispin@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA From: Crispin@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (Mark Crispin) Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: REPLY-TO field Message-ID: <11585@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 12:23:21 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11585 Posted: Mon Jul 15 12:23:21 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 21:13:12 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 5 As I understand it, REPLY-TO was created for the common office situation in which some other person (e.g. a secretary) handles the individual's mail. The message would be "from" the person, but the secretary would be the "sender" and possibly also the "reply to". -------