Re: OT:change of mail provider
On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 13:32:51 +0300
Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Du, 01 apr 12, 12:46:09, Mika Suomalainen wrote:
> > >
> > > Mika as you have appointed yourself as a list policeman, please
> > > explain how I am to test on whether or not I am now able to see my
> > > first posting without send a post ?????
>
> Easy, you look up a thread you can contribute and post to it :)
>
> > I don't know. You could ask return receipts, like I do.
>
> Hmm, we probably need a "return receipts" day, where everybody sends
> return receipts to everybody who asks them :)
> This way people might understand what a useless waste of time,
> bandwidth and storage space they are.
>
> Just one example: Outlook has this dialog box where you have to click
> "Ok" to send a read receipt, but even if you move it aside, you can't
> scroll down to actually read the entire mail[1]. And if the mail
> looks like you need to take the time to read it carefully there is no
> way to postpone it, you have to click "No" to get rid of it and later
> you will have to reply to it anyway
>
> IMNSHO, if the message is important enough that you want/need a
> confirmation "on file" you should specifically ask for
> acknowledgement, preferably at the end of the e-mail, otherwise you
> have no way to tell they actually read to the bottom.
>
> [1] What most people do is just click it away (or even worse, check
> the "Always send read receipts" box), which doesn't actually tell if
> the receiver really took the time to read that e-mail beyond the
> first few lines.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
NO that will not work, it is only the first posting that gets blocked.
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