At 09:33 AM 1/5/97 -0600, Anne Harwell Toal wrote:
 
>On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Dan Lester wrote:
 
>> This is because they're using some crummy campus email system, like
>> GroupWise or MSMail, and the user (or the sys mgr) has that feature turned
 
>Just to clarify, some SENDER(S) on your list has "read receipt requested"
>turned on.
 
yeah, but those braindead mail systems are still crummy since they send the
return receipt to smtp from address instead of the address in the from:
header.
 
in any event, craig, since you seemed to imply that you have just started
to get many copies of the receipt acknowledgment, you may want to check the
mail headers of any recent subscribers who post frequently. look for
someone who has header (possibly an x-header) which requests a return
receipt acknowledgment.
 
>Any subscribers who read mail using mail programs that
>automatically return a receipt of the kind requested will generate the
>message you're getting.
 
fwiw, i believe pegasus mail's receipt "feature" uses an x-header that is
different from the usual one
 
>The solution is to get the sender to turn off the request.
 
the solution is to eradicate this feature for systems used for the net.
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_O_ rob woiccak
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