Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!nike!sri-spam!gds From: gds@sri-spam.ARPA (The lost Bostonian) Newsgroups: net.mail.headers Subject: Re: CONFIRM: DELIVERY Message-ID: <7329@sri-spam.ARPA> Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 20:37:46 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-spam.7329 Posted: Wed Sep 24 20:37:46 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Sep-86 00:40:33 EDT References: <4070@brl-smoke.ARPA> <20884@styx.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: the Bay Area, for now Lines: 15 In article <20884@styx.UUCP>, mcb@styx.UUCP (Michael C. Berch) writes: > A large percentage of Internet mailers (and at least one user agent) > respond to the header field > > Return-Receipt-To: > > confirming delivery of a message to a mailbox (in the case of a > delivery agent) or reading of the message (in the case of a user > agent). It isn't in RFC822, but I'd call it a de facto standard among > 822-style mailers. Doesn't Return-Receipt-To: cause a mail loop with sendmail? I seem to recall having that problem the one time I tried using this feature. --gregbo