On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:18:05AM EDT, Jing Xue wrote: > > Quoting Charles Cazabon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >The concept of mail receipts is poorly designed; there is no way to > >implement > >a reliable receipt notification system with SMTP mail. *Many* of the > >better > >mail packages therefore do not implement support for it -- why have a > >feature > >if you *know* it can never work properly? > > I think it's an overstatement to say that "it can never work > properly". It's actually "it _might not_ work properly". It still > serves its purpose when it does work - see below. > > >It's also seen as an invasion of privacy. > > It certainly creates some annoyance on the recipient end. But I don't > see how it is an invasion of privacy as long as the MUA has my consent > before sending a receipt. > > >Mail receipts are essentially one of those features that commercial MUA > >vendors include as a marketing checkbox feature, but which serve little or > >no > >useful purpose in the real world. > > Well, in the corporate* world where people communicate over Lotus > Notes or Outlook, they tend to use mail receipts a lot. And _because_ > they all communicate over the same MUA that supports the feature, it > actually does work and become useful. > > Now _I_ don't use these mail receipts, nor do _I_ like getting them, > because of the annoyance factor. But then I respect it when others > request one - at least before they start abusing it. > > My 2 cents.
My #1 worry under these circumstances is that when I do accept to send a receipt I would like to be notified that the recipient actually received (and read) my receipt. Is there any way this can be done with mutt? Or Lotus Notes, Outlook? cga
