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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 12:52:04 -0500, "Gregory Piñero" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > -- > > ============================================================== < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Bestiaria Support Staff < > > ============================================================== < > > Home Page: <http://www.dm.net/~wulfraed/> < > > Overflow Page: <http://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/> < > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Gregory Piñero Chief Innovation Officer Blended Technologies (www.blendedtechnologies.com) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
