On 12/1/06 6:21 AM, "John Woollatt" <jmw@???> wrote:
> Users assume that emails get passed on instantaneously and they are
> often surprised (and concerned) to note from the mail server that a
> particular mailed item is stuck in the outgoing queue. Once aware of a
> delay, the user(s) would like a follow-up message from the mail server
> to inform them that the delayed item has been delivered, i.e. if the
> delivered message was delayed and the sender was informed, email the
> sender to say that the message has now been delivered.
>
> Can someone please point me to the appropriate Exim setting (or a
> script)?
I can't think of a way to do that within Exim.
We do it in our mail processor with our "certified mail", provided the user
was concerned enough to send the message "properly" in the first place.
<
http://www.olympus.net/olympusnet/olympusonly/usingEmail/certifiedEmail/>
(despite the "olympusonly" in the middle of that URL, I think it is open to
all--we sort of got ourselves "stuck" with that directory name years ago).
That involves database queries and log tailing behind the scenes.
--John
