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From: rodmur@ecst.csuchico.edu (Dale A. Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers,comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: wanna be sure your message will arrive?
Keywords: e-mail RFC   email's answer to Certified Mail
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Date: 5 Jan 91 03:59:59 GMT
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In article <1991Jan4.182308.16683@hq.demos.su> avg@hq.demos.su (Vadim Antonov) writes:
>
>I think it may be reasonable to allow users to suppress long automatic
>replys (if you're keeping the copy of the message on your machine
>you need not to see its header, don't you?). It could be done using
>something like:
>
>	X-Report: brief
>	Return-Receipt-To: author@foo.bar
>
>Hm. I'm worrying why this very simple and clear scheme was not introduced
>from the wery beginning. Net gurus, where are you?
>
>I want to hear opinions of netlanders about turning it into the
>standard way of error processing. I wanna be sure my e-mail will not
>disappear in this infinite maze of wires.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Vadim Antonov
>DEMOS, Moscow, USSR


Sounds reasonable to me, therefore I would like to see it become a reality.
Basicly, it would be like the US Postal Service's certified mail. Good idea!
Now it is just a matter of getting those who can to add the service. 


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