On 9 June 2010 01:38, [email protected] <[email protected] > wrote:
> > 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. > I don't believe it's deliberate. I think it's a mixture of forgetfulness and incompetence: they have forgotten that they have "request receipt" set and in any case they don't realise the consequences. > > 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. > > Why not just set your e-mail client to "never send a receipt" and "don't ask". If you see a message that's important your'e probably going to reply, which is a receipt in itself. Alternatively, if it doesn't actually need a reply, you could, if you think its necessary, just send a one-liner saying "message received and understood". A receipt doesn't mean you've read or understood the message, only that you (or someone with access to your computer) opened it - possibly by accident. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
