Re: Receipts

Paul Vigay <invalid-email-address@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I know several people at IBM who have configured their machines for
automatically fetching emails every X minutes, even when they're away on
holiday. Sometimes, a colleague will answer emails for them, so the whole
receipt issue is just a joke.

Not really, becasue if a colleague has anwered the mail, then they must have
read it. And if you were sending a work-related mail, then what you wanted
was for someone to read it (and act on it). How does getting confirmation
that they got the mail become a joke?

--
Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own.
.

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