On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 03:15:25PM -0800, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
> > hey, mail gurus, how is this possible? thru evolution::
> >
> > This is a receipt for the mail you sent to
> > <x...@msn.com> at 12/1/2009 12:43 PM
> >
> > This receipt verifies that the message has been displayed on the
> > recipient's computer at 12/1/2009 1:55 PM
>
> Most mail user agents have an option to enable "read receipts"; they use (or
> abuse) the DSN or MDN capabilities of the recipient's MTA or MUA. They are
> not a reliable signal that a human has seen the mail, although they can be
> used to confirm it at least got to the recipient's mail server or were
> processed by their MUA.
What are DSN and MDN, please?
>
> Knowledgeable mail admins tend to disable them as being needlessly intrusive
> and wasteful of resources.
>
I understand that. I feel like Giorgos Keramidas: don't want
people tracking my every move. And in most cases, it's a
dontcare for me. But for people like "XYZ" above, who is
involved with my book, I 8DO* care if she got my message.
gary
> Regards,
> --
> -Chuck
>
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