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.