[VM] delivery status notification

[Salome Södergran]

Hi!
I sometimes get e-mails from senders who wish to get a notification
that the e-mail has been received. In Thunderbird the question popped
up whether I wanted to send such a notification. In vm I don't even
see that such a request has been made.
How can I make vm tell me that there is such a request and how can I
make vm respond to it semi-automatically, i.e. automatically after my
confirmation?
Thanks, Salome

p.s. This is not about asking for notifications myself and not about
the sense or nonsense of such notification requests ...

[Uday Reddy]

Post by Salome Södergran
Hi!
I sometimes get e-mails from senders who wish to get a notification
that the e-mail has been received. In Thunderbird the question popped
up whether I wanted to send such a notification. In vm I don't even
see that such a request has been made.

I was hoping that somebody that uses this feature would answer the
question, but it looks like nobody does!

In any case, the vm-pine add-on library (due to Robert Widhopf-Fenk) has
functions to handle notifications. It is not documented in the manual.
So, you need to dig through the ".el" file.

Cheers,
Uday

[Salome Södergran]

Post by Uday Reddy

Post by Salome Södergran
Hi!
I sometimes get e-mails from senders who wish to get a notification
that the e-mail has been received. In Thunderbird the question popped
up whether I wanted to send such a notification. In vm I don't even
see that such a request has been made.

I was hoping that somebody that uses this feature would answer the
question, but it looks like nobody does!
In any case, the vm-pine add-on library (due to Robert Widhopf-Fenk)
has functions to handle notifications. It is not documented in the
manual. So, you need to dig through the ".el" file.
Cheers,
Uday

As far as I can see, vm-pine offers a way to add the request for a
notfication but not to respond to such a request which is what I am
looking for.
Anyway, I /can/ live without this feature; and those asking for such a
notification will /have/ to.
Salome

[Uday Reddy]

Post by Salome Södergran
As far as I can see, vm-pine offers a way to add the request for a
notfication but not to respond to such a request which is what I am
looking for.

I think vm-rfaddons is the package you need to look at. I misremembered
it earlier.

Cheers,
Uday

[Salome Södergran]

Post by Uday Reddy

Post by Salome Södergran
As far as I can see, vm-pine offers a way to add the request for a
notfication but not to respond to such a request which is what I am
looking for.

I think vm-rfaddons is the package you need to look at. I
misremembered it earlier.

Thank you for the hint. Following the description in vm-rfaddons.el
(which resides in a loaded path) I added the lines

(require 'vm-rfaddons)
(vm-rfaddons-infect-vm)

at the end of my .vm-file, but with no effect whatsoever.
vm-rfaddons.el also says that it has been designed for XEmacs, not
Emacs, which is what I am using.
But actually, I have decided that I can live without return receipts ;-)
It's more likely a problem of and for those requesting return receipts than of
my not being able to send one.

Best, Salome

[Uday Reddy]

Post by Salome Södergran
Thank you for the hint. Following the description in vm-rfaddons.el
(which resides in a loaded path) I added the lines
(require 'vm-rfaddons)
(vm-rfaddons-infect-vm)
at the end of my .vm-file, but with no effect whatsoever.

I don't actually recommend that people use all of vm-rfaddons. Since
the package is not being maintained, you should be aware of what you are
using from the package and know how to turn it off if problems arise.
You should put something like:

(setq vm-enable-addons (cons 'return-receipt-to vm-enable-addons))

This will add the return-receipt-to feature and not the others.

Secondly, you would need to look through the vm-rfaddons.el file,
perhaps search for "return-receipt" and read the documentation of the
functions and customization settings. You might need to set some things
in order to get it work.

Cheers,
Uday

[Salome Södergran]

Post by Uday Reddy
(setq vm-enable-addons (cons 'return-receipt-to vm-enable-addons))

I have tried the following variants, with none of which I succeed:
1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2-4, 1-3, 1-4

[1] (require 'vm-rfaddons)
[2] (vm-rfaddons-infect-vm)
[3] (setq vm-enable-addons (cons 'return-receipt-to vm-enable-addons))
[4] (vm-rfaddons-infect-vm 2 '(return-receipt-to))

Post by Uday Reddy
Secondly, you would need to look through the vm-rfaddons.el file,
perhaps search for "return-receipt" and read the documentation of the
functions and customization settings. You might need to set some things
in order to get it work.

I do not wish to pretend that understand everything in that file but to me it
looks as if my settings ought to be alright.
But really, I do not think that the issue is worth the trouble ... As by
now (almost) everything else in vm is working just fine I am more than
happy!

best, salome