On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 08:31:37 -0700 stan via users users@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
I just saw this article via Pocket in firefox, https://www.vox.com/recode/23332959/email-tracking-privacy and I wondered if that is an issue in fedora. It seems that in order for such tracking to work, it has to have the cooperation of the operating system, or at least the mail client. And, I would think that open source mail clients don't allow that. Am I right?
Thanks to everyone for their responses. It seems I was way behind the curve on this.
I finally remembered to do the right thing, and checked the claws-mail online man pages. It does support both sending and receiving return receipts.
Here is the snippet from their FAQ about this:
""" Does Claws Mail support Return Receipts?
Yes.
To request a Return Receipt use '/Options/Request Return Receipt' in the Compose window.
When you receive a message that requests a Return Receipt a notification area is shown just above the message view. You can either use the 'Send receipt' button, or ignore the request - no receipts are sent automatically.
You can choose to never send Return Receipts by using the option on the Mail Handling/Sending page of the Preferences. When you use this option, all Return Receipt requests are ignored and you will not be prompted to send one. """
And I have that turned off, so at some point in the past I must have been concerned about it, turned it off, and forgot completely ever being concerned. Sigh.