From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 2 00:03:18 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D11551065670 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:03:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EA778FC16 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:03:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id nB202fbs001899; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:02:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:03:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:03:13 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Chuck Swiger Message-ID: <20091202000313.GE99059@thought.org> References: <20091201230157.GA99062@thought.org> <9176F7CB-372D-4881-AB8E-FE1803AA9A0A@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9176F7CB-372D-4881-AB8E-FE1803AA9A0A@mac.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 23 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: How known? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:03:18 -0000 On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 03:15:25PM -0800, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Dec 1, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Gary Kline wrote: > > hey, mail gurus, how is this possible? thru evolution:: > > > > This is a receipt for the mail you sent to > > at 12/1/2009 12:43 PM > > > > This receipt verifies that the message has been displayed on the > > recipient's computer at 12/1/2009 1:55 PM > > Most mail user agents have an option to enable "read receipts"; they use (or abuse) the DSN or MDN capabilities of the recipient's MTA or MUA. They are not a reliable signal that a human has seen the mail, although they can be used to confirm it at least got to the recipient's mail server or were processed by their MUA. What are DSN and MDN, please? > > Knowledgeable mail admins tend to disable them as being needlessly intrusive and wasteful of resources. > I understand that. I feel like Giorgos Keramidas: don't want people tracking my every move. And in most cases, it's a dontcare for me. But for people like "XYZ" above, who is involved with my book, I 8DO* care if she got my message. gary > Regards, > -- > -Chuck > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php