--On 26 February 2010 12:42:23 +0000 John Burnham <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > Thanx for the response. So the short answer is that Exim doesn't do >> > delivery reports... Is there any reason why? >> >> I don't recall anyone ever requesting that feature on here? >> It probably >> doesn't exist because of a lack of demand... >> > > I believe the real reason is that they're utterly pointless. Not utterly pointless. They allow users to get information that would otherwise require an administrator to search the logs. Why do they want that information? Because it allows them to determine whether their organisation has discharged its responsibility in sending a communication. This legal case was won because it was possible to demonstrate that an email (serving notice of arbitration, in accordance with a contract) had been delivered to the recipient's mail system. <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/10/lawsuit_started-by_email_is_valid/> > How does a > mail server know that it has delivered the message to its final > destination ? The fact that it has written the message to a file doesn't > necessarily mean that it has been delivered - the delivery system might > then rely on another server doing something unpleasant with fetchmail, > for example. Just because a mail server has done all that it needs to do > with a message does not mean that it has been "delivered". John > -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex 01273-873148 x3148 For new support requests, see http://www.sussex.ac.uk/its/help/ -- ## List details at http://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
