[cobalt-users] Re: return receipt

[Johan-Kristian Wold <jkwold@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #1121, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> <snip>anybody knows why the RaQ3 doesn't send out return receipts for e-mail
> messages?

When you set the flag for requesting av return receipt in an e-mail, 
it's not the receiving server that's supposed to send you a receipt, 
it's the e-mail client (and usually only when the recipient has read 
(or opened) it. After all, the mail can be left lying on the server 
for yonks. The receipt is only useful if you know the recipient has 
read it.

How the client programs handle the receipt, is varying - some send 
them back whenever they're requested, some ask the user if they 
should be requested, and some just don't give a damn... If you never 
get a return from somebody, chances are their e-mail client doesn't 
support it.

In short, the return receipt function isn't reliable enough to be of 
real use...

Kind regards

Johan-Kristian
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