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From: munck@chance.uucp (Robert Munck)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: Re: who is acknowledged ?
Message-ID: <83895@linus.UUCP>
Date: 20 Dec 89 14:15:16 GMT
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In article <3060002@hpgnd.HP.COM> chris@hpgnd.HP.COM (Christian LOTITO) writes:
> I'm using MH (via X10.4) and I often use the 'Return-Receipt-To' entry
> ... when there are multiple addressees how can I match the (receipts)
> I receive with the individuals in the original distribution list ?
>

My mhook return receipt handler, invoked via .forward => slocal =>
.maildelivery, matches the receipt to the original message Fcc'd into
the outbox folder by matching Message-Id fields.  (btw, I had to use an
old version of post to get the message id in the Fcc copy.)  It then
constructs an ACK: ... line using From: and Reply-to: from the receipt
to identify the acknowledging host and appends it to the original
message.  With an occasional exception, I only get one receipt per host
even if that host is getting copies for several individuals.  I have to
match the ACK and To/Cc fields by eye to make sure everyone has
acknowledged.

The manual page for mhook talks about "built-in" variables named 
$(sender), $(info), and $(reply-to), but I've never been able to get
anything that tried to use them to work.  Does anyone out there have a
.maildelivery setup that does?


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