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- From: davidf@golem.uucp (David J. Fiander)
- Subject: Re: Return-Receipt-To: header reliable?
- References: <dhuber.715611908@autmgr> <1992Sep05.124731.8552@golem.uucp> <pfi3ems@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com>
- Message-ID: <1992Sep07.153345.613@golem.uucp>
- Date: Mon, 07 Sep 1992 15:33:45 GMT
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- According to vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver):
- >
- >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.
- >
-
- Once again, you are assuming that a) the receiving site honours
- return-receipt-to, and b) that the information returned will be
- usefull for debugging purposes. SCO MMDF return-receipts say
- something like:
-
- Your message (message-id) was received by the following
- users or their agents:
-
- recipient
- recipient
-
- The only way to reliably debug mail problems is to send mail to
- postmaster@remote.dom.ain asking her to return your headers to
- you.
-
- - David
-