On Thu, 2022-09-15 at 08:15 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 14Sep2022 10:25, Tim ignored_mailbox@yahoo.com.au wrote:
Likewise (and no image loading by default), though I did once have someone tell me that I'd read a message they sent me because they had the receipt.
They are a bit of a furphy. I may have glanced at an email, but not read it. I may have a received an email but not ever looked at it, or my server may have (there are receipts for them, too).
Aye. I stashed this message in my sig quotes long ago:
Netscape Messenger has displayed the message. There is no guarantee that the content has been read or understood. - reality check by Return-Receipt handler in NS Messenger 4.5
Exactly. That's why:
1. Not getting a read receipt cannot be interpreted as meaning the receiver has not read the message. They might have turned receipts off. 2. Getting a read receipt cannot be interpreted as meaning that the receiver did read the message (let alone understood it).
To sum up: read receipts are a misfeature, except in the special case of internal mail where they are part of corporate policy.
poc