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