# Delivery Status Notifications in The Courier mail server

Here is a sample delivery status notification message from The Courier mail server. Notice that both "relay" and "failure" notifications for the same message are consolidated as one notice. The Courier mail server offers complete support for the DSN SMTP extensions, as specified by RFC 1894.

    Return-Path:
    Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (RFC1894)
      by relay1.example.com; Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:55:42 -0400
    From: "Courier mail server at relay1.example.com" <@>
    To: perftest1@relay1.example.com
    Subject: NOTICE: mail delivery status.
    Mime-Version: 1.0
    Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status;
        boundary="=_courier_0"
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
    Message-ID: <courier.3780FFAE.000062AE@relay1.example.com>
    Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:55:42 -0400

    This is a MIME-formatted message.  If you see this text it means that your
    E-mail software does not support MIME-formatted messages.

    --=_courier_0
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

    This is a delivery status notification from relay1.example.com,
    running the Courier mail server, version 0.10.

    The original message was received on Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:55:26 -0400
    from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1])

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                       MESSAGE DELIVERED TO A MAIL GATEWAY

    You requested a delivery acknowledgement (a return receipt) for the
    following recipients of your E-mail message.  Unfortunately, your message
    has been transferred to a remote mail system running older software that
    that is not be capable of generating standard delivery acknowledgements.

    Unless your message is eventually returned undeliverable, you may not
    receive any further delivery notices for the following addresses:

    <test2@relay2.example.com>:
        [127.0.0.1]:
    <<< 250 ok 931200942 qp 25258

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                               UNDELIVERABLE MAIL

    Your message to the following recipients cannot be delivered:

    <nosuchuser@relay2.example.com>:
        [127.0.0.1]:
    >>> RCPT TO:<nosuchuser@relay2.example.com>
    <<< 550 Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1)

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    If your message was also sent to additional recipients, their delivery
    status is not included in this report.  You may or may not receive
    other delivery status notifications for additional recipients.

    The original message follows as a separate attachment.

    --=_courier_0
    Content-Type: message/delivery-status
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

    Reporting-MTA: dns; relay1.example.com
    Arrival-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:55:26 -0400
    Received-From-MTA: unknown; localhost (uid 501)

    Final-Receipient: rfc822; nosuchuser@relay2.example.com
    Action: failed
    Status: 5.0.0
    Remote-MTA: dns; [127.0.0.1]
    Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1)

    Final-Receipient: rfc822; test2@relay2.example.com
    Action: relayed
    Status: 2.0.0
    Remote-MTA: dns; [127.0.0.1]
    Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 250 ok 931200942 qp 25258

    --=_courier_0
    Content-Type: message/rfc822
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

    Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 501)
      by relay1.example.com; Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:55:26 -0400
    From: "test daemon" <perftest1@example.com>
    To: perftest1@example.com
    Subject: 8bit test
    Mime-Version: 1.0
    Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
    Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
    Message-ID: <courier.3780FF9E.00006296@relay1.example.com>
    Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 14:55:26 -0400

    ¡
    test 0

    --=_courier_0--