Re: [Evolution] Return receipts

[Mike Strock <mstrock oz net>]

It would be nice if the implementation would add that it is turned off
by default, but add a checkbox on the 'Other' tab under Tools...Mail
Settings...Other to turn it on/off via the user interface.

Mike
mstrock oz net

On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 20:43, Chris Tooley wrote:
> And all implimentations of this that I have seen allow the user to turn
> off returning reciepts.  Meaning that the user has the right to not send
> out reciepts on reads.  However, this would be very useful for those of
> us in a corporate setting as it leaves a paper trail on where a project
> stops.  Maybe the patch (if one is submitted) could be included with the
> requirement that it's turned off by default at compile time, and is
> turned off in config when compiled in.
>
> Chris
>
> On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 19:17, Dan Winship wrote:
> > On Tue, 2001-11-13 at 17:35, Luis Villa wrote:
> > > Nope. We'll be happy to take [a patch for return receipts], though.
> >
> > I'm not sure about that.
> >
> >         * Return receipts are not a standard feature of internet mail.
> >           In the Outlook/Exchange world, you can be reasonably sure that
> >           most of the people you send mail to are running the same
> >           software you are, so if you request a receipt, you'll probably
> >           get it. This is not true for the majority of Evolution users.
> >           Thus, the implementation of the feature would need to make it
> >           clear that it wasn't reliable.
> >         * Return receipts are a big potential privacy violation.
> >         From: hitman mafia org
> >         To: witness-protection-program-members fbi gov
> >         X-Return-Receipt-Requested: true
> >     So we would have to add a dialog asking if it's ok to send a return
> >     receipt, and probably some config gui for "never send return
> >     receipts" or "always send return receipts to people in this domain
> >     without asking" and stuff.
> >         * You need to keep track of when the user has already sent a
> >           return receipt. In particular, if you read the message via
> >           IMAP on two different machines, it should not ask you about
> >           sending a return receipt the second time.
> >
> > -- Dan
> >
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