In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Ben Bucksch) wrote:
> I'd like to discuss return reciepts in general....
>
> J.B. Moreno wrote:
>
> > Return Receipts in email are a bit problematic, some people don't like
> > it because "recieving" and "reading" aren't the same thing...
>
> While I do see the privacy problems with Return Reciepts, I also know
> that I am always uncertain, if a mail arrived, if I don't get a
> response. I never know, if I were intentionally ignored, if the
> recipient didn't have time to read it, or if he never recieved it.
A receipt won't help you with the first two, and lack of a receipt
won't help you with the third.
There continue to be competing standards for receipts. Mail
administrators hate them because they waste resources. Not to mention
the aforementioned privacy issues.
How often does email *really* not arrive? Virtually never. The rest of
the time, you're dealing with a human factor.
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Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois
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