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Fwd: Re: What is Disposition-Notification-To:? [russell@flora.ca]

From: "Krishna E . Bera" <keb_-at-_cyblings.on.ca>
To: flora-admin-help_-at-_flora.org
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:52:23 +0500
References: <20020103111430.Z11054@grendel.conscoop.ottawa.on.ca> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10201031119300.31422-100000@calcutta1.flora.ca>

reposted here for reference

Richard asked:
> Can anyone explain what is Disposition-Notification-To: header?  It is
> one of the types of headers that KEB and/or Russell filter on mailing
> lists.

Russell wrote:
  It is when someone asks to get a "return receipt" type message - sending
those to a mailing list is just plain bad for both privacy (Some lists
deliberately don't allow one to get a list of the membership) and
because the receipt would be sent to the list manager anyway for
non-broken software.

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