From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 14 17:04:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66B641065672 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:04:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@ozzmosis.com) Received: from smtp.mel.people.net.au (smtp.mel.people.net.au [218.214.17.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9D5348FC13 for ; Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:04:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mail@ozzmosis.com) Received: (qmail 22280 invoked from network); 14 Dec 2008 17:04:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO blizzard.dnsalias.org) (218.215.144.4) by smtp.mel.people.net.au with SMTP; 14 Dec 2008 17:04:39 -0000 Received: by blizzard.dnsalias.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 0F1151727B; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:04:41 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:04:41 +1100 From: andrew clarke To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20081214170440.GB6979@ozzmosis.com> References: <20081213215050.GA49669@thought.org> <4ad871310812131402o6674fa64wd104268eafafec0f@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4ad871310812131402o6674fa64wd104268eafafec0f@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: is there a way to get an ACK from the mutt version of FBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 17:04:43 -0000 On Sat 2008-12-13 17:02:48 UTC-0500, Glen Barber (glen.j.barber@gmail.com) wrote: > > i did something to evolution (or mail) so it sends a "your mail was opened > > on user@foo.com". i've been hunting thru the mutt docs; i do not see how to > > get a similar ack from mutt as evo. is there, perhaps a sendmail.[cf|mc] > > way lost in the reams of pages in my sendmail book? [2 da ago i send > > cold-call mail to a few experts; one at least read my paragraph. i'd like > > to know at least that my mail arr and hopefully was glanced at!] > > I believe you're looking for a receipt confirmation tool, but I don't > believe mutt has that capability, as its job is to write mail, and > direct it to the MTA. > > Either way, receipt confirmations are not always accurate, as I never > send confirmations that I have received mail -- then I'd *need* to > reply. Indeed. Also, these links may be useful... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_receipt#E-mail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_tracking