----- Original Message ----- From: "Shay" <mylists@ev1.net> To: <IMail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 5:50 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Check for New Mail
> Sorry for bothering ya'll with the request read receipts, but in a corporate > environment where they play politics you need to know when people read the > e-mail you sent to make sure they know about it. That's why I have it set > to default to request read receipts. Most Professionals will set up their > e-mail client to automatically send the receipt back and don't worry about > it.
If you actually read the receipt, it generally says that "the message has been displayed, but is no guarantee that it has been read or understood"
Also, you aren't in a corporate environment here, or were you under the impression that you were the only one and the rest of us are just playing at it?
Most professionals know enough about the software to know how to turn of requesting receipts.
Most professionals I know place no faith whatsoever in the value of receipts, apart from demonstrating that the message was delivered (the addressee is in receipt of it, no less), to use it a method of ensuring the message has been both read *and* understood is the height of luserishness.
LART
Dan