On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 09:06:20AM -0600, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:
At 04:40 12/16/2003, you wrote:
>Point is, that flag is non-standard, which means you cannot rely on the
>recipient seeing it anyway. And even if he does see it, he might very
>well ignore it, as so many spammers use it as well.
That is perfectly true. However, while non-standard it is common
enough
that it becomes useful in many settings. Two examples:
[...]
You're perfectly right. What I was really driving at is that there too
many people out there thinking that it *is* a standard flag and rely on
its behaviour (same as the recall), completely unaware that it is in
fact completely optional and not even supported by a significant
percentage of other users out there. As long as one is aware of this and
doesn't rely on this behaviour (especially in a mixed environment), all is
dandy. Blame MS for not informing people properly...
Cheerio,
Thomas
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