reino@cs.eur.nl (Reino de Boer) (08/21/90)
Could someone tell me what the "Status: " line in mail headers is used for ? Sometimes there's no such line, and sometimes the line contains "Status: OR". I haven't seen anything else so far. Thanks, Reino -- Reino R. A. de Boer "We want to build the right product right, right?" Erasmus University Rotterdam ( Informatica ) e-mail: reino@cs.eur.nl
peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) (08/23/90)
In article <1990Aug21.114941.13504@cs.eur.nl> reino@cs.eur.nl (Reino de Boer) writes: > Could someone tell me what the "Status: " line in mail headers is used > for ? It's put there by the MUA to track what messages have already been read. > Sometimes there's no such line, and sometimes the line contains > "Status: OR". I haven't seen anything else so far. I haven't either: O Opened. You have read mail since this message was deposited in your mailbox. R Read. You have actually read this message (how much depends on the MUA, most will set this flag if you have only seen the first page). -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com
joe@cbnews.att.com (Joseph Judge) (08/24/90)
In article <1990Aug21.114941.13504@cs.eur.nl> reino@cs.eur.nl (Reino de Boer) writes: >Could someone tell me what the "Status: " line in mail headers is used >for ? Sometimes there's no such line, and sometimes the line contains >"Status: OR". I haven't seen anything else so far. The Status: line is not a "sent" header. I think the mailer, that you use to read your mailbox, puts these in to keep track of what you have seen or read. No Status: line means unread, so it puts a "N" (new) in the left column. Else, it puts whatever status code on the left. (O, R, S) Joseph Judge postmaster@ATT.COM
argv@turnpike.Eng.Sun.COM (Dan Heller) (08/24/90)
In article <:YD5PR7@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > In article <1990Aug21.114941.13504@cs.eur.nl> reino@cs.eur.nl (Reino de Boer) writes: > > Could someone tell me what the "Status: " line in mail headers is used > > for ? > > O Opened. You have read mail since this message > was deposited in your mailbox. > R Read. You have actually read this message (how much > depends on the MUA, most will set this flag if you > have only seen the first page). Mush uses this status line as well to track whether or not you've saved mail, printed it, replied to it, forwarded it to others. etc.. -- dan ---------------------------------------------------- O'Reilly && Associates argv@sun.com / argv@ora.com Opinions expressed reflect those of the author only.