On Thu, 2022-09-15 at 08:15 +1000, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> On 14Sep2022 10:25, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
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