[ticker-dev] Reply-To and Reply-From

[Phillips, Matthew]

> From: ticker-dev-bounces at tickertape.org 
> [mailto:ticker-dev-bounces at tickertape.org] On Behalf Of Ian Lister
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 October 2005 6:52 AM
> 
> Protocol development seems to have been stagnant for a while, 
> but I'd like to propose a couple of new attributes related to 
> cross-channel threading that I think would be useful. This 
> might be a bit contentious because I know not everybody 
> believes in cross-channel threading, but I see it and use it 
> frequently (and find it useful) and think it could be made 
> even more useful if these attributes are widely adopted.

[snip]

> Anyway, the first new attribute is "Reply-To", which 
> specifies the name of a group that replies should be sent to 
> by default (if different to the current group). 

[snip]

I'm still a bit dubious about cross-channel threading from a general usability POV, but would still be happy enough to implement Reply-To for the other reasons you described.

I have an ulterior motive for doing this because the current personal-messaging-via-Thread-Id-subscription based system that I implemented in Sticker is proving hard for most non-Matthew's out there to grok :/ The obvious alternative would be just to use Reply-To to ensure a reply goes to the correct personal channel and display all "personal" channels in a single list. It also has the advantage that this would work with other clients, since I haven't seen great deal of enthusiasm outside of Sticker for Thread-Id based auto subscription

One aspect of Reply-To that isn't clear is whether we want to be able to set Reply-To for news channels?

Cheers,

Matthew.