For the record, here's the URL for the document Larry had cited:
http://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-receipt-mdn-08.txt
...jay
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Larry Masinter wrote:
>
> draft-ietf-receipt-mdn-08.txt (I think it's 08),
> "An Extensible Message Format for Message Disposition Notifications".
>
> > This memo defines a MIME content-type [5] for message disposition
> > notifications (MDNs). An MDN can be used to notify the sender of a
> > message of any of several conditions that may occur after successful
> > delivery, such as display of the message contents, printing of the
> > message, deletion (without display) of the message, or the
> > recipient's refusal to provide MDNs. The
> > "message/disposition-notification" content-type defined herein is
> > intended for use within the framework of the "multipart/report"
> > content type defined in RFC 1892 [7].
>
> A "print disposition notification" could be returned as a multipart/report
> containing a message/disposition-notification
> or possibly you could invent a new notification, e.g.,
> message/print-notification.
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