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In MsgID<[email protected]> within
uk.net.providers.ntl, 'Chris Croughton' wrote:
>> Not in a properly written client or proxy, any confirmation messages
>> not expected after sending a mail are auto deleted?
>
>Sorry, I'm not getting this.
>
> #1 A --------> B (blank email)
> #2 A <-------- B (with auth code)
> #3 A --------> B (with full text and auth code in a header)
>
>As I read your suggestion, #1 would be handled only by B's server.
>#3 will contain the new auth header and thus will be deleted.
In this case it would be read for the authorisation and deleted, any
such messages that weren't expected (as in didn't have subject line
matching one previously sent) would just be deleted.
That said, I accept your illustration of the complexity of my 'simple'
idea, can't help my thinkings, could do with a better reality filter
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Dave Johnson - [email protected]
uk.net.providers.ntl, 'Chris Croughton' wrote:
>> Not in a properly written client or proxy, any confirmation messages
>> not expected after sending a mail are auto deleted?
>
>Sorry, I'm not getting this.
>
> #1 A --------> B (blank email)
> #2 A <-------- B (with auth code)
> #3 A --------> B (with full text and auth code in a header)
>
>As I read your suggestion, #1 would be handled only by B's server.
>#3 will contain the new auth header and thus will be deleted.
In this case it would be read for the authorisation and deleted, any
such messages that weren't expected (as in didn't have subject line
matching one previously sent) would just be deleted.
That said, I accept your illustration of the complexity of my 'simple'
idea, can't help my thinkings, could do with a better reality filter
--
Dave Johnson - [email protected]