Last Modified
2018-10-13 05:36:25 +0000
Requires
  • mail/fields/common/common_address

Description

Reply-To Field

The Reply-To field inherits reply-to StructuredField and handles the Reply-To: header field in the email.

Sending reply_to to a mail message will instantiate a Mail::Field object that has a ReplyToField as its field type. This includes all Mail::CommonAddress module instance metods.

Only one Reply-To field can appear in a header, though it can have multiple addresses and groups of addresses.

Examples:

mail = Mail.new
mail.reply_to = 'Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>, ada@test.lindsaar.net'
mail.reply_to    #=> ['mikel@test.lindsaar.net', 'ada@test.lindsaar.net']
mail[:reply_to]  #=> '#<Mail::Field:0x180e5e8 @field=#<Mail::ReplyToField:0x180e1c4
mail['reply-to'] #=> '#<Mail::Field:0x180e5e8 @field=#<Mail::ReplyToField:0x180e1c4
mail['Reply-To'] #=> '#<Mail::Field:0x180e5e8 @field=#<Mail::ReplyToField:0x180e1c4

mail[:reply_to].encoded   #=> 'Reply-To: Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>, ada@test.lindsaar.net\r\n'
mail[:reply_to].decoded   #=> 'Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>, ada@test.lindsaar.net'
mail[:reply_to].addresses #=> ['mikel@test.lindsaar.net', 'ada@test.lindsaar.net']
mail[:reply_to].formatted #=> ['Mikel Lindsaar <mikel@test.lindsaar.net>', 'ada@test.lindsaar.net']