Subject: Re: How to get Receipt?

From: [email-masked] (Paul Robinson)
Date: 14 May 1995 17:44:29 GMT

R. Stewart Ellis ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Mike Jelineo <[email-masked]> writes:

:  >Hi All--
:  >  I would like to know about having a Return Receipt Generated when the 
:  >person reads the message so that I will know if they had or not. 
:  >Sometimes I don't get replys from people for a really long time and I am 
:  >curious if there was a way to get a Return Receipt once someone reads the 
:  >message.

: It is really none of your business when and whether they read your
: messages. 

Why?  If you don't like it, then don't have your system do that.  Do you 
refuse mail with a delivery notification (signature card) on it?

: You only have the right (perhaps) to know that the package was
: successfully delivered.

Why do you feel that someone may not do this?

: This demand, which is frequently made, is odious.

Please explain your reasoning.

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From: [email-masked] (Paul Robinson)
Date: 14 May 1995 17:44:29 GMT

:  >Hi All--