From: <[email protected]> | On 06/10/2010 07:03 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: >> 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. | Well I set Thunderbird up for "never send a receipt". < snip > T-Bird is both an email client and News Client Server: news.gmane.org @ TCP Port 119 Group: gmane.comp.openoffice.questions -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
