SMTP Proxy and delivery receipts

[Clemens]

Hello to all,

it seems to me that the Wingate SMTP Proxy doesn't support delivery receipts.
Everytime I try to send an email with that option enabled, I get a message that says that the SMTP server (in my case Wingate) doesn't support that feature and that my message will be delivered without a receipt (what actually works).

Here is what I use:
- Wingate 6.0.3 as proxy for WWW, FTP, POP3, SMTP, NNTP and Socks, I don't use either the ENS driver or NAT
- Wingate is set up to do a port mapping on POP3, SMTP and NNTP to the servers of my ISP; mail client is set up to use my Wingate machine as in/outbound mail server
- I'm still on Netscape 4.78, which has this issue

I think it happens with every mail client, although I haven't had a chance to test it with Outlook or Outlook Express yet.

This is the only mail related thing that won't work; everything else works fine.

Any ideas on this?

Thanks
Clemens

[neil]

Are you using the SMTP server within WinGate or the SMTP proxy? If the proxy then it is not WinGate rejecting your request for a receipt. The Proxy doesn't do anything more than connect your mail client behind WinGate to your ISP's server, so in this case it would be your ISP's server rejecting your message.

To check this you could try a direct connection from a mail client to the ISP's SMTP server (as you're not using NAT, you would either have to install the WGIC on the client, or connect a modem to it) and see what response you get.

Regards

Neil

[Clemens]

Neil,

thank you very much for your input - I just tried and it was my bad...

After using the mail client directly on the server without using Wingate as a proxy, the same message appears. So I assume the SMTP server really simply doesn't accept the delivery receipt request issued by a mail client.
However, if I use my ISP's web mail function, I have have the option to request a delivery receipt; I thought it would work with the client, too.

Interestingly, when I use Outlook as a client, and I use the receipt option, I don't get any message that says it won't work - it simply sends the mail without it (thanks, MS...).

Anyway, thanks again.

Regards,
Clemens