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Re: How to send a return receipt



On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:18:05AM EDT, Jing Xue wrote:
> 
> Quoting Charles Cazabon <mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> >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