Richard wrote the following on 04.06.2012 05:20:
Date: Sunday, June 03, 2012 02:54:32 PM -0400
From: Jerry<je...@seibercom.net>
On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 20:19:20 +0200
Reindl Harald articulated:
people are mostly to stupid to realize what they
are trying to accomplish and why it it a bad idea
this is why we professionals exist and if people
refuse what you are explaining them kiss them
goodbye - irt will be better for you over the long
No offense, but considering your business attitude and disdain for
potential clients and your opinion of them, it would be a far
better thing if they steered clear of you all together. There are
many considerate, intelligent, compassionate professionals out
there who would be willing to take on the difficult client. Any
"asshole" can service the routine, run of the mill, client. It
takes a true professional to work with and service a difficult
one.
Something that seems to be missing from this discussion are
considerations of privacy and (personal) security. There are fairly
serious implications of a sender being able to tell that/when
someone has downloaded/opened a message -- including discovery of
daily patterns and potentially where the recipient is, or isn't.
I think it is our responsibility to understand these issues and
explain them to managers/clients in order to bring them along if we
refuse (as I would) to provide a capability such as this. [I always
set the sendmail "noreceipts" PrivacyOptions so it doesn't respond
to these disposition requests.]
One approach is to point out to managers/clients that if their
system is configured to return read receipts, anyone sending mail to
them on that system will be able to get these same types of
receipts. When they think about that they may not like the
implications and may reconsider their request.
Just because it is technically possible to do something (and even if
other vendors provide the capability) does not mean that it is the
ethically or legally responsible thing to do.
- Richard
I totally agree with Richard's point of few.
I would consider it as intrusive and even intimidating if the sender of
an E-Mail can monitor whether and when I open/read his mail.
Just imagine this would happen with the good old hard printed mail the
postman put into the mailbox at our door: As soon as we open the
envelope and unfold the letter a microchip sends a note to the sender
that his letter has been opened and read.
I can already see the public outcry if something like this would happen
some day...
If somebody sends me a mail, it is up to me whether I want to open and
read its content or whether I just want to bin it without having opened
it. This is my right since the moment that mail has reached my mailbox,
no matter whether it is a hardcopy mail or an E-Mail, it belongs to me
and I can do with it whatever I like without letting the sender know how
it has finally ended.
