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> We are on both Bitnet and Internet.  Before we joined Internet last month, we
> can receive messages dislayed on the screen shown where the mail has been
> delivered.  After I adding a channel and installing the slave program
> PMDF_ROOT:[EXE]MTCP_SLAVE.EXE to act as TGV MultiNet's SMTP server, now I can
> receive deliver messages only when the mail's destination is a BITNET node.
> Some of my users REALLY sit in front of the terminal until they saw their mails
> been delivered to the destination.  That feature is very important to them.
> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to get the deliver messages for all the
> addresses(not only Bitnet)?  Is there some kind of switch I need to set?
> Thank you very much for your help.

The SMTP (the Internet's mail transport) does not support this "feature" nor
does PMDF's SMTP client implement any sort of mechanism whereby a broadcast can
be sent to a local user after their mail has been delivered to a remote SMTP
server.  If your users really want to get delivery confirmations, they can
request a delivery receipt when they send the message.  Note, however, that not
all mailers will generate delivery receipts (i.e., recognize delivery receipt
requests) and thus a negative confirmation does not mean that the message has
not yet been delivered.  These delivery reports come back in the form of a mail
message and are generated by the remote mailer.

Now for a warning: your users can really deluge your system with mail when they
use delivery receipts without thinking about what they're doing.  For instance,
accidentally post to a large mailing list (e.g., info-vax) with a delivery
receipt request and they may receive 10 of thousands of delivery reports.  Not
only will this flood their mailbox, it can flood your system.

See Section 2.1.10 in the V4.1 PMDF System Manager's Guide for a discussion
on how to request delivery receipts.

Dan