On Sat, Jan 07, 2012 at 01:54:33PM -0500, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > In general, there might be a few mail servers between you and > the ultimate recipient, and you would need to look at the last > one to tell if the letter had been delivered to where the recipient > would be able to read it. This is also why, unless your email is encrypted and only the recipient can read it, the email should be considered as a "postcard" (readable by all) and not a "sealed letter" (only for recipient's eyes). This _is_ part of the email protocol. bjb