Re: RCPT: F in apatite

From
Date
Reply-To
Even after request from our dear paleonet to stop confirmation of reading,
there is a number of this kind of message. So I would propose to all the
paleonet members to send back the message of confirmation of reading
directly to this reader! ? !

>Hi Wayne,
>
>You are probably not aware that your e-mail software is configured to send
>back this sort of message to paleonet:
>
>> Confirmation of reading: your message -
>>
>>     Date:    22 Nov 94 18:08
>>     To:      PaleoNet@nhm.ac.uk
>>     Subject: F in apatite
>>
>> Was read at 11:35, 22 Nov 94.
>
>I'm not an expert in these things, but I understand this works like this: the
>original posting's author's software was configured (inadvertently, I expect)
>to include in the message a request for confirmation of receipt. Your software
>is configured to respond automatically to such a request and send back a
>message like the one above. But for your software, the posting's originator is
>paleonet, so the confirmation is send back to paleonet -- i.e. to everybody on
>paleonet. Moreover, listservers are usually configured to distribute a posting
>to every subscriber -- excepting the posting's originator. So it's quite
>likely you're not even aware what your e-mail programme does behind your back.
>The solution is to reconfigure your software not to respond automatically to
>requests for RCPTs. How you do that depends on what programme you're actually
>using.
>
>Best wishes, Florin
>
>PS: I include the entire text of the RCPT message, which might be helpful
>should you ask your sysadmin/local computer guru's advice.
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>>From paleonet-owner@nhm.ac.uk Tue Nov 22 14:01:21 1994
>Received: from mailserver.nhm.ac.uk by quartz.geology.utoronto.ca (5.65/1.34)
>        id AA20192; Tue, 22 Nov 94 14:01:19 -0500
>Received: (from root@localhost) by nhm.ac.uk (8.6.9/8.6.9) id SAA22699 for
>paleonet-outgoing; Tue, 22 Nov 1994 18:40:41 GMT
>Received: from flux.mtroyal.ab.ca (flux.MtRoyal.AB.CA [142.109.1.2]) by
>nhm.ac.uk (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id SAA22534 for <paleonet@nhm.ac.uk>; Tue,
>22 Nov 1994 18:40:27 GMT
>Received: from underhill.mtroyal.ab.ca by MtRoyal.AB.CA (PMDF V4.3-10 #5924)
> id <01HJS1EGUMQ89ZOGEV@MtRoyal.AB.CA>; Tue, 22 Nov 1994 11:35:58 -0600 (MDT)
>Received: from pgate.MtRoyal.AB.CA by underhill.mtroyal.ab.ca
> (5.65/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA07214; Tue, 22 Nov 1994 11:41:16 -0700
>Received: From TESTING/WORKQUEUE by pgate.mtroyal.ab.ca via Charon 3.4 with IPX
> id 100.941122113523.596; 22 Nov 94 11:35:42 -0700
>Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 11:35:13 -0700 (MST)
>From: Wayne Haglund <WHAGLUND@common.MtRoyal.AB.CA>
>Subject: RCPT: F in apatite
>To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
>Message-Id: <MAILQUEUE-101.941122113513.123@common.mtroyal.ab.ca>
>Organization: MRC Academic Computing
>X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.1 (R1)
>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT
>Priority: normal
>Sender: owner-paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
>Precedence: bulk
>Reply-To: paleonet@nhm.ac.uk
>Status: RO
>
>Confirmation of reading: your message -
>
>    Date:    22 Nov 94 18:08
>    To:      PaleoNet@nhm.ac.uk
>    Subject: F in apatite
>
>Was read at 11:35, 22 Nov 94.
>
>
>
>
>--
>  Florin Neumann
>  florin@quartz.geology.utoronto.ca