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Okay, I recall that this was discussed once before.  I know, I know,
this is likely to cause a flamefest...

What happened to the discussion on using MIME to handle a MUA
level Return-Receipt (RR) mechanism?

Some points:

1.  It MUST be voluntary.  Ideal behavior would be for a MIME
    MUA to ask, "Sender has requested return-receipt, would you
    like to return-receipt on this message? (y/n)".  MUAs
    could have user configuration parameters to a) always send
    RR without asking b) always ask or c) never ask and never 
    send RRs.

2.  I don't particulary care how this is to be handled MIME header-
    wise (could someone recall previous discussions).

3.  There should be a unique ID string type thing for RR message
    parts so that when the receipt comes back the MUA can easily
    match it to the message the receipt is for.

Has anyone tried this yet (perhaps at an X-header level)?

[Flame-proof suit on]

Thanks,
Robert
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