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- From: imp@boulder.parcplace.com (Warner Losh)
- Subject: Re: Return-Receipt-To & forwarding...
- Message-ID: <Bzzt68.G8z@boulder.parcplace.com>
- Sender: news@boulder.parcplace.com
- Organization: ParcPlace Boulder
- References: <1992Dec20.022054@avsht.sph.spb.su> <19921225.001@erik.naggum.no> <sdorner-271292095054@0.0.0.0>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 23:27:43 GMT
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- The biggest question about Return-Receipt-To: is what to do when a
- nieve user sends mail to a mailing list with this header in it. It
- would generate TONES of automatic messages w/o much usefulness to the
- user that set Return-Receipt-To: on by default. It would be critical
- that mailing lists and such filter out Return-Receipt-To:. Also, it
- should be expressly forbidden to have a Return-Receipt-To: on a return
- receipt, for obvious reasons.
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- Return-Receipt-To is a dangerous header as it stands now. If its use
- is to be standardized, its meaning much change :-)
-
- Warner
- --
- Warner Losh imp@boulder.parcplace.COM ParcPlace Boulder
- I've almost finished my brute force solution to subtlety.
-