Lindy, The way I see it, this requirement isn't so much for e-mails that are going to a group as those that are going to an individual. I believe somebody said the OP was from an insurance company. A possible reason for this is dealing with correspondence to a client.
Company: "We sent you this via e-mail last week". Client: "I didn't get it". Company: "Yes you did". Client: "No I didn't". <ad nauseum> With this in place the company can say "yes you did, and we have receipt that you opened it on such-and-such a date". Do I agree this is a good way of doing business? Not necessarily, but it is a possibility. Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 11:13 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: What is that link? (was RE: Personal update) so not only does my email provider (work, gmail, etc) know to whom i sent the email, then they want to know who read it, too. that sounds quite silly (to me, at this point in my understanding.) anyone I may send an email to, could read it, but to know who actuall did read it is important? i've thought about this, and I'm still in the dark. unless they are tracking ip addresses, which is stupid if somone who wants to be "secure" or "hidden" will go through a proxy server. still, if I click on the link, it proves nothing. everytime i reset my router i get a new ip address. so unless they have a court order they cannot (usually) find my name and address. but why would they? anyone of the thousands of people on IBM-MAIN could have clicked on it. are they going to track down each and everyone of us? ok, what I'm writing here is just getting stupider and stupider. But at least now I understnand Binyamin's footer on his emails. The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
