[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> This function is very, very good when you have a client that can't tell the
> sender that the message has been received.
This is a fact of life -- SMTP is not designed to allow this. If you want
100% confirmation that a message reached its final destination through email,
you have to phone the recipient and speak to them yourself.
Half-measures like this basically just waste bandwidth and provide false
peace-of-mind to users who don't know any better.
> An example is below. This is generated by sendmail. If I get two (one like
> this, and one from the receiving client), it OK. I don't like to rely on
> the receivers ability to tell me that they have received the message.
Then perhaps you need something other than SMTP for messages. UUCP, or have
them retrieve their messages from you via HTTP or something. Then you can
check your UUCP or httpd logs to confirm message retrieval.
Charles
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