Subj : Field TO in reply message
To   : Fabio Bizzi
From : Nil Alexandrov
Date : Fri Jan 03 2020 08:21:40

Hello, Fabio!

Thursday January 02 2020 23:36, from Fabio Bizzi -> Nil Alexandrov:

 FB> I don't expect nothing, I'm not a developer nor an nttp expert, I was
 FB> just reporting a behaviour that maybe can help someone expert like
 FB> you. Have a nice debug.

I have looked into the implementation details of what goes into Fidonet 'To' field when you follow-up on (reply to) a message in jamnntpd/smapinntpd.

When you view an article, the 'To' field from the JAM message will show up as an optional 'X-Comment-To:' header.

When you post an article as a result of a follow-up, your client may provide an optional field 'References: ' with the message-id of the original message you replied to (and sometimes the whole chain).

I have tested with Thunderbird for Mac and NewsTapLite for iOS and both passed the correct 'References: ' header. Jamnntpd/smapinntpd will look up that message-id from the 'Reference: ' header in the JAM database and will extract the 'From' field of that message. That 'From' name will become a 'To' field of the newly posted message. That 'From' name will  also be used as initials when smart quoting feature is enabled.

Best Regards, Nil
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