Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:36:34 -0800 From: "Ulf Zimmermann" <ulf@z-code.ncd.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, "Ulf Zimmermann" <ulf@z-code.ncd.com> Cc: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail sending problem (how can this happen?) Message-ID: <9602090936.ZM1100@zolaris.z-code.com> In-Reply-To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> "Re: mail sending problem (how can this happen?)" (Feb 9, 10:38) References: <199602091738.KAA23288@rover.village.org>
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On Feb 9, 10:38, Warner Losh wrote: > Subject: Re: mail sending problem (how can this happen?) > : Return-Receipt: line into your mailheaders. > > Return-receipt isn't standardized, but it mostly works. If you get > it, all that means, typically with sendmail, is that the mail was > placed in the user's /var/mail/xxxx file correctly (or that any mail > sorting programs "accepted" it). It doesn't mean that the person or That's right. Never said something else, but maybe also not pointed out this. > persons that you sent it to actually read and/or understood the mail > message. It is like to be "good enough" proof that the person in > question did get the mail message.[*] > > However, if you don't get a return receipt, it doesn't mean the person > didn't get the mail either. > > Warner > >-- End of excerpt from Warner Losh Ulf. -- Ulf Zimmermann, NCD Software, 101 Rowland Way, Suite 300, Novato, CA 94945 phone: 415-899-7941, email: ulf@z-code.ncd.com, phone-home: 510-865-0204 ====================================== FreeBSD 2.1.0 is available now! -------------------------------------- FreeBSD: Turning PCs into Workstations ======================================
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