How To Request Delivery Receipts On Emails

[Gregory Piñero]

Thanks for the help, guys.  This project was put on hold so I wasn't
able to try out any of the advice yet.  I'll let you know when I do.

-Greg


On 3/8/06, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:52:04 -0500, "Gregory Piñero"
> <gregpinero at gmail.com> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
>
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Does anyone know how to program a Python script to send out emails
> > with a request delivery receipt?  Is it something I can build into the
> > email message via the mime stuff?
> >
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1891.html
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2821.html
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html
>
>         I'm not sure if there IS a single method yet. Eudora has/had secret
> ini parameters for "old style return receipt"; Outlook/Exchange have
> both "when delivered" and "when read" receipts.
>
> >From Eudora help:
> Request a Return Receipt
>
> (Sponsored and Paid modes only)
> You can request that your recipients notify you when they have seen your
> message. To do this, click the Return Receipt button in the message
> toolbar.
> When your recipients open the message and then close it, a dialog box
> appears asking them to create a notification message now, later, or
> never (if you send yourself a copy of the message, you will see the
> notification request). If a recipient chooses to create a notification
> message, it is sent to you and tells you when the recipient displayed
> your message.
>
> If you receive a request for notification, click Now to queue the
> notification message in your Out mailbox: it will be sent the next time
> queued messages are sent. Click Later to close the message without
> sending a notification or click Cancel to dismiss the notification
> request from the screen while the return receipt message is open;
> however, each time you open the message and then close it (or if you try
> to delete it), the notification request will appear until you click
> either Now or Never. Click Never to cancel the notification request
> without ever sending a notification message.
>
> The Return Receipt options may work differently than described,
> depending on your recipients' email software.
>
>
> Return Receipt
>
> If this is on, your recipients receive a request to notify you that they
> received the message.
> This function does not work in all cases, depending on the email
> application your recipients are using.
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