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- From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.headers
- Subject: Re: Return-Receipt-To: header reliable?
- Message-ID: <pfi3ems@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>
- Date: 5 Sep 92 14:55:25 GMT
- References: <dhuber.715611908@autmgr> <1992Sep05.124731.8552@golem.uucp>
- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc. Mountain View, CA
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- In article <1992Sep05.124731.8552@golem.uucp>, davidf@golem.uucp (David J. Fiander) writes:
- > 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.
-
-
- A common use of Return-Receipt-To: is to debug mail transport
- problems. It is a little cleaner and easier than mailing to
- "nosuchuser@remote.dom.ain" or "<@remote.dom.ain:myname@my.dom.ain>",
- when it works.
-
-
-
- Vernon Schryver, vjs@sgi.com
-