Re: "proving" a user received an email (good gosh)

From: J (usenet@linuxnuts.net)
Date: 06/24/02 

From: J <usenet@linuxnuts.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:26:24 -0500

bill davidsen wrote:
>
> In article <188cd7b2.0206232245.47c44a28@posting.google.com>,
> gaius.petronius <rut@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> | "proving" a user received an email (good gosh)
> |
> | boss calls me in
> | manager X is a liar, says he never received this damn email.
> |
> | i check the logs
>
> Which don't seem to indicate he did. They prove an email was sent, and
> if the sender kept a copy he can show what was in it. But unless it was
> sent "return receipt requested" that's where it ends.
>
> B-i-g gap in the times.

I suspect that the original poster might have simply grabbed the wrong
log entry in his haste to get this newsgroups advice. I imagine if he
went back to the log and grepped for the right day (or next morning)
he'd find what he was looking for.

J

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