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From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Re: Getting acknowledge of receipt
Message-ID: <1990Oct1.131158.10901@DSI.COM>
Date: 1 Oct 90 13:11:58 GMT
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Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc.  Huntingdon Valley, PA
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rhg@cpsolv.CPS.COM (Richard H. Gumpertz) writes:
>So who generates the response to the "Return-Receipt-To" header?  I see nothing
>in elm that does it; what program at the receiving end does do it?
Its the MTA that does it, when the message is placed into the
mailbox.  Just like the post offices return receipt doesn't indicate
you read the letter, just that it was delivered, the e-mail return receipt
is the same, only indicates delivery.
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Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP                   Elm Coordinator
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