Hello Jim, This is exactly what I have tried to tell people in my office.
Mike On 14,Feb,2011, at 8:06 PM, Jim Barbour wrote: > Hey Carolyn, > > Yes, but a return receipt would be sent when the email is delivered to > the imap server, not when the recipient downloads it and certainly not > when they read it. > > Take Care, > > Jim > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:58:53AM -0700, Carolyn Haas wrote: >> Hi Jim: >> If I remember right there is a setting in Outlook express, and possibly in >> Outlook that automatically requests a return receipt. I personally always >> thought it was useless, but I've also gotten the "return Receipt requested >> message on some incoming emails. >> >> I wonder if there's anything in Google server settings for this. >> Carolyn H >> On Feb 14, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Jim Barbour wrote: >> >>> Hello Michael, >>> >>> Anyone using standard SMTP based mail (whether it be Mac Mail, >>> Thunderbird, Outlook, or something else) will not be able to track >>> when an email message they've sent out gets read, it just isn't >>> possible. >>> >>> So, the question is, what are your workmates using to read their mail, >>> and would it benefit you to use what they're using? What exactly >>> are the requirements that are driving this question? If the >>> requirement truely is that you need to know when someone has read your >>> mail, or they someone needs to know when you've read their mail, then >>> I'd say it isn't possible unless you are all using some proprietary >>> email system that supports this (not sure which one that would be) >>> >>> I'd be happy to help more with this, if you can provide more >>> information. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 10:25:10AM +0100, Michael Busboom wrote: >>>> Greetings to all of you, >>>> >>>> Here at work, there have been several misunderstandings about mail that >>>> was allegedly sent to me, but was ignored by me. For my own protection, I >>>> need to be able to know when people read my mail, and I also need to be >>>> able to generate receipt requests. this is critical, unfortunately. If I >>>> can't get the problem resolved, my only alternative is to use either >>>> Thunderbird or Outlook running under Windows, which I will do, though I >>>> would much rather stick with Apple's Mail. >>>> >>>> Can anyone give me definitive suggestions? >>>> >>>> Thank you very much in advance, >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
