Not hearsay, but long term experience with enterprise e-mail systems. There is no QoS associated with e-mail. Upper management and business process analysts don't like to think about that, or even admit that it might be true.
When a DSN (Delivery status notification) or MDN (Message Delivery Notification) is attached to a mail message, there is no absolute requirement that the receiving server (intermediary or final server) do anything with the message. And, even if there were, both use a null sender to reply messages and more than one moron on the internet blocks such messages. If you get a DSN back, it means that most likely the message was delivered to the intended recipient, though I've seen false ones indicated numerous times. If you get back a read receipt it might mean that your message was read, though I've seen spurious read receipts generated. Want to be sure a message got to the intended recipient and that they read it? The phone is an excellent way to verify. Beyond that, there is some degree of uncertainty as to the final disposition of every message. -----Original Message----- From: Hilda De Nigris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted At: Thursday, November 13, 2003 9:41 AM Posted To: swynk Conversation: Question about Email Notification Subject: Question about Email Notification Both of these options in Exchange 5.5 are very vague. What is the true definition of these two options and is it truly a confirmation that the recipient "Read" or "Received" the email. I have heard different stories from both Microsoft and other Exchange Admins. Whats your hearsay on this? _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
