Re: [Evolution] read receipt function in evo

[Ron Johnson <ron l johnson cox net>]

On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 15:46 +0800, Not Zed wrote:
> > Do you know if there is a special reason why it's not supported by evo yet?
> > I mean, a lot of 'big' mail clients support this, like Mozilla-mail,
> > thunderbird, kmail, a certain out-of-the-windows-look client ;)
> Probably none of us see it as very important.  Its an intrusion on
> personal privacy, and if you can turn it off, which you would have to
> be able to for the reason just mentioned, then it can never actually
> guarantee anything anyway.
>
> Its like ringing someones phone to see if they're home.  If they
> answer you know they are, but if they don't, it doesn't mean they
> aren't.

True.  However, at work, where I must use Lookout, it's useful
with co-workers who forget to reply to emails.  "Hey, you read my
urgent email a week ago.  Why haven't you replied?"

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296,443 sq mi (767,787 sq km) are needed for 6 billion people to
live at the same population density as Manhattan, New York.
That is ~ Arizona or Nevada.
Alternatively, that ~ double the size of Japan or Zimbabwe