Subject: Re: Return recipt?

From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 1997 09:29:08 -0400

On Thu, 5 Jun 1997, David Kramer wrote:

> What is the format for the header line requesting return recipt?
> 
> Does pine send a return recipt when this header is in the header?

Return-Receipt-To: _your_email_address_

Whether or not you get a receipt back has nothing to do with Pine.  It
depends on whether the receiving (other) system honors the request or
not.  Some do, many do not.  There is nothing, really, that you can do
about it, as there is no way to force it.  And a return receipt only
means that the mail was delivered.  It says nothing about whether the
intended recipient has actually read the mail -- or even discarded it
unread, for that matter.

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From: David Kramer <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 21:44:46 -0400

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From: Paul O Bartlett <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 19:08:51 -0400

On Mon, 9 Jun 1997, David Kramer wrote:

> On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Paul O Bartlett wrote:
> > [snip]
> > > [snip]
> Thanks.  But what about the other half of the equasion- if someone sends
> me an email with its header, will they get a return recipt email when I
> open pine and it sees that email? 

    Once again, Pine has nothing to do with return receipts in any way,
size, shape, or form other than allowing you to request one on what you
send out.  Your questions have to do with mail delivery, but PINE has
nothing to do with mail delivery.  If someone else sends you email with
a return receipt requested, whether that sender will in fact get a
return receipt depends on how the mail delivery agent is configured on
your system -- and Pine is NOT that mail delivery agent.  (Pine is a
mail USER agent.)

    And in any case, almost no mail systems hooked into the Internet
provide receipts that actually tell the sender that the mail has been
opened and read.  About all a return receipt says is that the mail has
been delivered to the addressee -- not what the addressee might have
done with it.  Pine is only one part of the total email process, and a
relatively passive part at that.