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Re: nnimap and receipts for mails
Matthias Johnson <penguin@research.att.com> writes:
> For what it's worth (and it may not by $0.02 :)
>
> There are 2 kinds of receipts: delivery and read. The delivery receipt
> is sent after the mail is dumped in the inbox as Kai pointed out. the
> other kind (read-receipt) has to be honored by client (Mail reader).
> I think Netscape, Simeon and Outlook are a couple that support these.
> I used Simeon in the past and it sent a really cute message that
> basically said 'the recipient has opened your message. This does not
> imply that it was read or understood'.
>
> I've always found read receipt interesting. I hate sending them, but
> I like knowing when someone reads (opens) my mail ... great double
> standard ;-)
>
> >>>>> "KG" == Kai Großjohann <Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE> writes:
>
> KG> wolfgang@prs.de (Wolfgang S. Kechel - Patzschke + Rasp Software
> KG> AG) writes:
> >> How can I gain control over the receipts that are send for a mail I
> >> read via nnimap?
>
> KG> I'm not sure what you're talking about. So, John sends you mail
> KG> and requests a receipt, and when you read the mail, the receipt is
> KG> sent? And you want the possibility to turn off this receipt
> KG> sending?
>
> KG> How does John request a receipt? By adding a Return-Receipt-To
> KG> header? The function of this header is specified in some RFC
> KG> (maybe 822), AFAIK, and the receipt is sent when the receiving MTA
> KG> drops the message into the mailbox. That's before you ever get to
> KG> see it, so what can Gnus do about it?
>
> KG> kai -- A large number of young women don't trust men with beards.
> KG> (BFBS Radio)
Indeed this is what I am speeling about!
Somebody activates the 'return-receipt' in the mail header (a read receipt),
and I want to have control over the receipt this is (or is not) sent back to
the sender who requested the receipt.
Netscape handles this just fine and I detected that it is sometimes convenient
to get informaed when a mail is read. Indeed, this is no garantee that the
mail has been read by the right recipient, but its a strong indicator!
I would like to have support to control the behavipur of pgnus/nnimap. Maybe
that it has to be added to pgnus or is already on. I detected this behaviour
since we have moved all our mail-accounts to a new IMAP server is is capable
of sending receipts (our old mail system was not able to do so).
Has anybody any further hints on how to proceed?
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