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Re: Return Receipt on Microsoft Mail?

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From: Steven L. Johnson
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 00:26
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gordonb@mcil.comm.mot.com (Gordon Berkley) writes:

>Is anyone aware of whether-or-not Microsoft mail is capable of generating
>a return receipt? ...and if so, what is the header syntax for this?

It can.  Internally it is a header line of "PRIORITY: R".  I haven't
pushed an external message through a gateway and seen it work, but
I suspect it will.  And of course since this header field is also
used for priority of delivery, different gateways may map this
header field differently.

-Steve
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