Re: Return-Receipt-To & Mailing lists

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From: Steve Dorner
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:13

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In article <1992Dec29.075730.21796@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu>,
tmetro@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Thomas Metro) wrote:
> What should happen when crossing a gateway, and there is no equivalent to
> a "Return-Receipt-To:" or "Read-Receipt-To:" on the other side? Should the
> gateway send an appropriate message?

That depends.  If the gateway *knows* that the mail is never leaving the
receipt-less system, then perhaps it might.

  "Your mail was delivered to Blackholes 'R Us, which does not support
return receipts."

However, if there is a significant chance that the mail will emerge from
the other end (via a .forward kind of mechanism or something), then I would
think not.

Given my 'druthers, I'd leave this behavior unspecified.
--
Steve Dorner, Qualcomm, Inc.

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