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Old 02-25-2008
How to get read receipt notification on UNIX
Hi,

We are sending mail from UNIX Sendmail utility.

Is there any feature through which we can receive read receipt notification for e-mails sent through sendmail?

Thanks.
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Old 02-25-2008
Hi DejaVu,

Yes! :-) Just add a DNT header (Disposition-Notification-ToSmilie to your outgoing mails. Google it, there's tons of example scripts.

Off the top of my head, untested -

Code:
cat <<EOM | /usr/lib/sendmail -ti -o
To: blaa@foo.com
From: me@my.com
Subject: I want a receipt!
Disposition-Notification-To: mailbox_th@cares.com

Hi,

Now that you've read this, your Outlook / Thunderbird / whatever client will send a DN to mailbox_th@cares.com

Bye
EOM

 
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