Goldmail, nogoldmail Channel Options

Gold-Mail compatible read receipts (PMDF on OpenVMS)
On OpenVMS systems, the Gold-Mail mail user agent, a product of Data Processing Design, Inc., is a commonly used replacement for VMS MAIL.

Gold-Mail provides some added functionality that is not available in regular VMS MAIL. In particular, Gold-Mail supports read receipts. PMDF is capable of converting its own read receipt requests into a format that is compatible with Gold-Mail. In order to activate this feature, the  channel option should be used on the channel that delivers mail to Gold-Mail. This is usually the local channel, although it is possible for Gold-Mail delivery to be done on d or mail_ channels in some configurations.

The  channel option disables this feature. is the default.

See also:
 * Notification messages
 * Channel options