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Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> Tue, 12 March 2019 23:31 UTC

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To: Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com>, tools-discuss@ietf.org
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From: Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 12:31:39 +1300
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Subject: Re: [Tools-discuss] Step backwards: <noreply@ietf.org>
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Thanks Henrik!

Regards
   Brian

On 13-Mar-19 12:19, Henrik Levkowetz wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> 
> On 2019-03-12 23:45, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
>> I noticed that in the last few days, messages such as Gen-ART reviews
>> generated by the tracker have From: fields like "John Doe via
>> Datatracker <noreply@ietf.org>".
>>
>> This means that Reply won't work at all and Reply All will not
>> include a direct copy to the reviewer (or other message originator).
>>
>> This change wasn't announced, as far as I know. It's a bug as far as
>> I'm concerned.
>>
>> If the reason for this is that some mail systems treat the genuine
>> sender's address as a forgery, OK, but then please generate a Cc:
>> field for the original sender's address, so that at least Reply All
>> will do the right thing.
> 
> The next datatracker release, which I hope to make tomorrow, will have
> the Reply-To: header field set appropriately, using the reviewer or
> AD email address which previously was used for the From: field.  
> 
> I believe this will make Reply and Reply All work as before, while still
> avoiding the troubles we've seen from using a From: address that may
> look like a forgery.
> 
>> If that isn't the reason, I believe this change should be reversed.
> 
> Understood.  Yes, this was the reason for the original change.  I hope
> inclusion of the Reply-To: field will make this work better.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 	Henrik
>

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