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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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
sensible-mda
SENSIBLE-MDA(8) System Manager's Manual SENSIBLE-MDA(8)
NAME
sensible-mda - a generic local MDA router for Debian systems
SYNOPSIS
sensible-mda from to detail client-addr
DESCRIPTION
sensible-mda is used to simplify the installation and configuration of sendmail(8) , or other MTAs for use on Debian systems. With sensi-
ble-mda, sendmail can support a plethora of MDAs (procmail, maildrop, deliver, etc.) without having pick any one of them as required.
FUNCTION
sensible-mda is called by sendmail as a local mailer when the following exists in sendmail.mc:
define(`LOCAL_MAILER_ARGS', `sensible-mda $g $u $h ${client_addr}')dnl
sensible-mda will look for the following MDAs (in this order), and pass the mail on to the first SUID MDA found (Or first found MDA, if run
w/euid=root): procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)
OPTIONS
Available command line options are the following:
from The sender of this email (sendmail $g variable)
to The recipient of this email (sendmail $u variable)
detail The detail portion of the recipient userid (sendmail $h variable) - ie:
cowboy+sendmail@debian.org
client-addr
TCP/IP address of the sender (sendmail ${client_addr} variable) Not used (for the nonce)
FILES
/etc/mail/sendmail.mc
sendmail m4 input to generate sendmail.cf
/etc/mail/sendmail.cf
actual sendmail configuration file (treated as a binary file)
SEE ALSO
sendmail(8), procmail(1), maildrop(1), deliver(8), mail.local(8)
BUGS
None known so far.
AUTHOR
Richard Nelson <cowboy@debian.org>
HISTORY
4th Berkeley Distribution October 21 1999 SENSIBLE-MDA(8)