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Article #1606Re: Status line in headers
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 1990 22:12
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 1990 22:12
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In article <1990Aug21.114941.13504@cs.eur.nl> reino@cs.eur.nl (Reino de Boer) writes: > Could someone tell me what the "Status: " line in mail headers is used > for ? It's put there by the MUA to track what messages have already been read. > Sometimes there's no such line, and sometimes the line contains > "Status: OR". I haven't seen anything else so far. I haven't either: O Opened. You have read mail since this message was deposited in your mailbox. R Read. You have actually read this message (how much depends on the MUA, most will set this flag if you have only seen the first page). -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Status line in headers Message-ID: <:YD5PR7@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 22 Aug 90 22:12:54 GMT References: <1990Aug21.114941.13504@cs.eur.nl> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 16