bug#37591: Ring big alarms when slipped a 'Mail-Copies-To: never' header

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:

> Let's say we get this mail
>
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>, 6615@debbugs.gnu.org,
> 34130@debbugs.gnu.org
> Mail-Copies-To: never
>
> Well, causally hitting S W to reply to all gives us a buffer with:
>
> To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: 6615@debbugs.gnu.org,  34130@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
>
> Do you see the problem?

Yeah, that's perhaps not optimal, and since it's valid to put several
addresses in the To header, perhaps the best solution is (as you
suggest) just to put all of them in the To header.

Does anybody have an opinion here?

> Furthermore, definitely give a warning:
> '"Mail-Copies-To: never" header detected. Honor? [Y,n,?]'
>
> And what if there were no Cc's or other To's ....

I don't think that's an issue -- it'll just use it in that case, if I
remember correctly.

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