Re: How to send a return receipt
On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 07:58:16PM +0200, Patrick Schoenfeld wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 04:30:44PM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> > But as I understand it in most 'normal' MUAs if you have "one address
> > for several people" then it's split into separate messages at the
> > sender end of things and from then on is simply a separate message to
> > each recipient.
>
> But in which way does that matter? The question were: Would it make sense to
> send confirmations from every person representating a specific role? It is a
> social questioning, not a technical. And the answer is a clear 'No'.
>
Fine, but if what you're asking for is impossible it seems ver
reasonable to say it's impossible.
> > Huh? How can the postman ask you to confirm the sending? Post
> > doesn't work like that and neither does E-Mail in general. I post a
> > letter by sticking it in a letter box, I don't hand it to the postman.
>
> Right, in case of normal letters. But there are "registered mails" (i don't
> know whats its name in english, actually right. Its "Einschreiben" in
> Germany),
> which are delivered by the postman to the hand of the recipient, who then has
> to sign the receival. The receiver then gets this sign as a proof that the
> sending _reached_ the recipient. Offcourse it is better then the mail
> disposition notification, but there is no better alternative that is widely
> supported *and* in our process this function just works, because it is not
> meant to be a lawcourt-safe proof that it reached us as the recipient.
>
But you're asking for "proof that it reached us as the recipient" for
multiple recipients apparently, with a *single* acknowledgement.
That's just not possible in any sort of system.
--
Chris Green