Email Receipts
10:22 Tuesday 9 May 06
There’s one person who when I open an email from him I might agree to the “Sender wants to be notified” – and that’s Dino. No-one else gets it. I refuse every time. I refuse to have my response time measured. And many people don’t seem to be bothered about their own response time – so why should I? I have no idea if this option is default in Outlook Express/Outlook but it’s not in Thunderbird. In fact it can’t be because otherwise I’d get more. Why do people do this when a single click from me stops it? You will get an answer when I’m good and ready. Or when I remember.
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Not all e-mail clients let you know that someone is asking for a receipt.
Outlook, maybe Express too lets you send them automatically…
13:37 Tuesday 9 May 06
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The only person that I get requests for receipts from is my Mum. She uses something called ‘incredimail’ (which adds loads of HTML and image gumpf). I never agree to it either.
By default Outlook Express does NOT ask for receipts.
14:27 Tuesday 9 May 06
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Outlook is what I use and it’s not set by default. I set it as on as I find it a very useful way of checking that my email has been received. I find this particularly useful with work emails (I use Outlook with work and personal accounts) especially when someone at work claims they haven’t received my email :)
I use delivery reports on my mobile phone for the same reason.
I’m honoured that you deem me worthy of a click though :D
By the way I have my own machine set to ask if I want to send a read-reply. Sometimes I don’t want people to know I’ve read the email until I want them to know…..usually work related again ;)
17:28 Tuesday 9 May 06
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I also use return receipts when exchanging official correspondence with my co-workers and clients. There’s also a function when you’re notified when the recepient has read it. It’s a very handy tool.
18:00 Tuesday 9 May 06
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I rarely click to confirm a receipt. It’s an annoyance. That’s the only reason I send them – usually a second email, when I think I’m being ignored by the recipient. On those occasions I also ask for a delivery receipt from the server.
19:11 Tuesday 9 May 06