I have received several messages like the following in the last few
months. The messages have been distributed to my list "AMALGAM".
What can I do to avoid this in the future?
 
Thanks in advance.
 
Siegfried
 
--- Copy of confirmation message ---
 
> Confirmation of reading: your message -
>
>     Date:     5 May 95 15:54
>     To:      [log in to unmask]
>     Subject: my interests in amalgam-mercury-poisoning
>
> Was read at 9:25, 8 May 95.
 
--- Comments from Wolfgang Hackl ---
 
> This feature of PMAIL seems to confuse people on the list, sorry for
> that. But I'm only partly guilty:
>
> Daniel Lindenmeyer is using PMAIL and he sent a message to the list
> with "confirm reading" switched to "on". If someone is also using
> PMAIL and he/she allows his/her PMAIL to answer this request, a mail
> will be sent to the originator of the first mail. Unfortunately now
> "[log in to unmask]" is the originator of the mail so the
> "receipt confirmation" is sent to the list!
>
> This neat feature is transported by the extra line "X-Pmrqc: 1"
> in the mailheader. Some listserver filter such lines, this one
> doesn't, but as I know the listowner is working on it.
>
> Nevertheless every PMAIL user should set "confirm reading" to "no" if
> he is sending something to any list.
>
> Wolfgang Hackl
>
> PS: In future I will set "Honor requests for confirmation" to "no"
>     if I'm reading mails from this list or I will use the digest mode.