Hello Thomas, Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 9:27:25 AM, you wrote:
TF> Hello Jack, TF> On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:10:54 -0500 GMT (30/09/2008, 21:10 +0700 GMT), TF> Jack S. LaRosa wrote: JSL>> I've never used receipt/read confirmations so I'm un-familiar with JSL>> their operation. However, I've always assumed that they required some JSL>> action on the part of the recipient. But your reply seems to indicate JSL>> that there's some receipt (but not read) confirmation which is carried JSL>> out automatically by the server or the mail client itself, invisible JSL>> to the recipient. Am I misinterpreting what you wrote? TF> No, you got it right. These are two different confirmations: TF> 1. The receipt confirmation requests the server to confirm receipt of TF> the message. This can be turned on or off by the sysad and is out of TF> control of the recipient. TF> 2. The read confirmation is sent by the recipient's email client, and TF> the recipient can set his email client to send, not send, or request TF> action by the recipient. I love this list. Thanks Thomas. I recently had occasion to wonder if a recipient at least received an email, but not concerned with whether they had read it. I'll try and set up TB! to request receipt confirmations from now on. -- Best regards, Jack mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using TB! v3.99.3 from Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 - Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 4.0.24.0 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
