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
