On Mon, 31 May 1999 08:40:28 +1200, Jason Haar wrote:
>"It's pointless noise" - that is an opinion I'm afraid - not a fact...
Of course, what's the point in discussing "facts"?
>I think of Email the other way: The message _did_ get there unless I hear
>otherwise (via DSN/bounces). After all, it's the 90's - not the 70's....
In the '70s people read every E-mail they got. Welcome to the '90s -
they don't ;-)
DSN tells you that the recipient could have seen it (although, usually
it informs you that the message was dropped into a local mailbox, and
doesn't tell you anything beyond that, e.g. pop3), not that s/he did.
That's what I cosider pointless. Now, a "reply" is a different thing
altogether. It also have added informational content beyond "ACK".
-Sincerely, Fred
(Frederik Lindberg, Infectious Diseases, WashU, St. Louis, MO, USA)
