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Subject: Re: Handling return receipts
From: Rich Pieri <rich . pieri @ prescienttech . com>
Date: 17 Apr 1997 12:37:06 -0400
To: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: Roman Richardson's message of Thu, 17 Apr 1997 10:27:16 -0500
References: <2.2.32.19970417152716.006c9030@mail.state.mn.us>

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>>>>> "RR" == Roman Richardson <Roman.Richardson@state.mn.us> writes:

RR>    I was wondering what people do with return receipts?

For starters, I recomend a severe flogging for anyone who turns on or
leaves on their MUA's return receipt "feature" when sending mail to a
mailing list.

RR> We've got a few users on systems that generate a return receipt everyt
RR> ime a message is sent to them.  Unfortuantely the address that the
RR> receipt is sent back to is "Return-Path:" which points back to the
RR> actual majordomo.

Then I suggest a good flogging for any MUA author or vendor who's code
sends replies to anything other than the From or Reply-To mailboxes.

RR> Is there a way to rewrite the "Return-Path:" header so that it points
RR> to the list owner?

No, since those are created by the MTA after Majordomo has submitted a
message for delivery.  What would be better is a filter that carefully
removes the return receipt request header from messages that go through the
list.  This is a violation of RFC822, though; caveat emptor.

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