I just looked at three older, unread, posts to this list that wanted
to have me send the Return Receipt that was "requested". I have
my system setup to ask. I get these Arab language emails outside
this list that want me to let them know I read their emails - SO they
can know that my email address was valid or I got it and not auto-deleted
by security software.
I really do not know why people ask for a return receipt that they request
from people reading - just reading - their posts to a list like this one.
How many people are signed up to get copies of these posts?
If only a few percent do agree to send such a return receipt, how many
email address would be returned to these people - for just reading, not
commenting on these posts?
I personally feel like such a request is just another form of data
mining, and/or
email collection, for those who are signed up for the forwarding of
these threads/posts
to their in-boxes to read. If you comment, then your address "may" be
seen by the
readers. I do not want someone to know that I read an individual
thread/post
and do not want to give people my email address saying I read their post.
I did not even know that Return Receipt Requests were allowed or not
stripped
of these posts when sent out to the readers of this list.
Did I not remember correctly? Did I not get the change in policy about
placing
these requests? I thought this list did strip any such request off
before we got them.
Well, this is my opinion about having three posts in a row ask for
return receipts.
I never send them unless I positively know the person [and know email
address] on the
other end.
Am I correct to question them?
Am I wrong about them?
I have said what I think about them, but I could be wrong.
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Note: I have used email on-and-off since its early days before the Internet
[over 20 years now] was fully fleshed out [address over 60 characters
long and type every time],
and I still do not get why some things have to be like it is, including
servers
being legally allowed to make money off from spammers that are not account
hijackers.
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