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Article #1952Re: who is acknowledged ?
From: Robert Munck
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 14:15
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1989 14:15
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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?
-- Bob <Munck@MITRE.ORG>, linus!munck.UUCP
-- MS Z676, MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA 22120
-- 703/883-6688
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!prls!philabs!linus!chance!munck 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 References: <3060002@hpgnd.HP.COM> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: munck@chance.UUCP (Robert Munck) Organization: MITRE-McLean Software Engineering Laboratory Lines: 26