From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Feb 9 09:41:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA25359 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:41:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncd.com (firewall-user@welch.ncd.com [192.43.160.250]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA25354 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:41:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by ncd.com; id JAA19566; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:43:21 -0800 Received: from z-code.z-code.com(192.82.56.21) by welch.ncd.com via smap (g3.0.1) id xma019546; Fri, 9 Feb 96 09:43:10 -0800 Received: from zolaris.z-code.com (zolaris.z-code.com [192.82.56.41]) by z-code.z-code.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA18017; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:38:46 -0800 Received: by zolaris.z-code.com (5.x/SMI-SVR4) id AA01102; Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:36:35 -0800 From: "Ulf Zimmermann" Message-Id: <9602090936.ZM1100@zolaris.z-code.com> Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 09:36:34 -0800 In-Reply-To: Warner Losh "Re: mail sending problem (how can this happen?)" (Feb 9, 10:38) References: <199602091738.KAA23288@rover.village.org> X-Mailer: Z-Mail (3.2.0 06sep94) To: Warner Losh , "Ulf Zimmermann" Subject: Re: mail sending problem (how can this happen?) Cc: "Christoph P. Kukulies" , freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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 ======================================