SUMMARY: Warning message from mail

From: Thomas Wong-Interdepartmental Lab. (tom@amnh.org)
Date: Tue Jan 11 1994 - 15:04:20 CST


The original post:

> Any idea where this warning message is coming from?
> Some people get this when they send email internally.
> Any idea? Thanks.
>
>
> >
> > >>From MAILER-DAEMON@amnh.org Mon Dec 13 21:08 EST 1993
> > >Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1993 21:08:36 -0500
> > >From: MAILER-DAEMON@amnh.org (Mail Delivery Subsystem)
> > >Subject: Returned mail: Return receipt
> > >To: foo@amnh.org
> > >Content-Type: text
> > >Content-Length: 1127
> > >Status: R
> > >
> > > **********************************************
> > > ** THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY **
> > > ** YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE **
> > > **********************************************
> > >
> > >The original message was received at Mon, 13 Dec 1993 21:08:32 -0500
> > >from herp.amnh.org
> > >
> > >If you need help interpreting this error message, please first ask a
> > >knowledgeable person or postmaster at your site.
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > -Postmaster General
> > > American Museum of Natural History
> > >
> > > ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> > ><tom@amnh.org>... Successfully delivered
> > >
> > > ----- Message header follows -----
> > >Return-Path: manage@amnh.org
> > >Received: from [198.116.4.13] (herp.amnh.org [198.116.4.13]) by
> > >science.amnh.org (8.6.4/8.6.4.287) with SMTP id VAA01884 for <tom@amnh.org>;
> > >Mon, 13 Dec 1993 21:08:32 -0500
> > >X-NUPop-Charset: English
> > >Date: Fri, 4 Jan 1980 07:42:45 -0600 (CST)
> > >From: "Manage" manage@amnh.org
> > >Sender: manage@amnh.org
> > >Reply-To: manage@amnh.org
> > >Message-Id: <27797.manage@amnh.org>
> > >Return-Receipt-To: manage@amnh.org
> > >To: tom
> > >Subject: sent date
> > >
> > > ----- Message body suppressed -----

Thank you for those who replied.
The solution is not to have the Return-Receipt-To header included.
The warning message is generated from sendmail when it sees the
Return-receipt-To header.

-- 
Thomas Wong, Network Administrator	Email: tom@amnh.org
Interdepartmental Laboratories		Voice: (212) 769-5311
American Museum of Natural History
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