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- From: davidf@golem.uucp (David J. Fiander)
- Subject: Re: Return-Receipt-To: header reliable?
- References: <dhuber.715611908@autmgr>
- Message-ID: <1992Sep05.124731.8552@golem.uucp>
- Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 12:47:31 GMT
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- According to dhuber@autelca.ascom.ch (Daniel Huber):
- >I just recommended a colleauge to enable the header Return-Receipt-To: for
- >his outgoing international mail. However, we do not get all return receipts
- >we would expect...
- >Is it possible to turn off Return-Receipt-To: replies? Or is the internet
- >that unreliable?
-
- I hate to tell you this, but there is no such thing as a
- return-receipt-to header.
-
- Well, actually there is, but it was invented by the author of
- sendmail, and only sendmail (and some versions of SCO MMDF)
- support the the generation of return receipts. So the only
- time you will get a return receipt is when the recipient's
- machine is running sendmail.
-
- Of course, through judicious use of the .forward file and mail
- filtering programs, the fact that you got a return receipt
- doesn't mean anything any way, since the addressee may be
- discarding mail from you unseen.
-
- - David
-