[sylpheed:32606] Re: Notification on new mail arrival

[Cecca]

Tobias Crefeld ha scritto:
> On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:57:09 +0200 Cecca <cecca67 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Godwin Stewart ha scritto:
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>>> Requesting return receipts is poor netiquette. If your
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> Don't know which "Netiquette" you mean. N. might be important for
> usenet, forums and mailing lists but not for PM.
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>>> communication is so important that you want to make sure the
>>> recipient gets it then don't use e-mail in the first place, send it
>>> through the mail with recorded delivery.
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> ...which would be a waste of time and money.
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>>> Quite a few people refuse to send return receipts anyway since
>>> they're an easy way for spammers to know that a message has been
>>> delivered and to confirm the validity of an e-mail address.
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> It seems that you mix up delivery notifications (by MTA) and return
> receipts (by MUA / HB).
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> A lot of people are able to recognize the difference between spam and
> ham. And they are able to responsibly decide whose email they want to
> acknowledge.
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>> About the returno receipts: I understand your point of view, but I
>> wish to be free to use it. Or to let the sender know that I've
>> received the mail. And, as far as I know, this is a feature tha
>> Sylpheed is missing....
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> There are two ways:
> 1. At each email you can individually set a mark for return receipts
> under "options".
> 2. Each folder has a some preferences to configure (right-click on the
> folder). There you find an asking for return receipts as well. These
> settings will be the default for new emails you create after having
> opened this folder.
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> I'm running sylpheed under Linux and with german localisation and
> so don't know how the items are named at your installation but you can
> be sure, that sylpheed can definitely handle return receipts.
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Thanks a lot.
I'll prefer a "per mail" option since not always I need to ask the receipt.
I think is useful to have this option and use it only if needed....