I tried to do a search useing PM's but came up empty...

1) scenerio: a Provider comes into town and posts a "I'm here or I'll be there" message and it reads like someone a hobbyist would be interested in seeing.

Can a VP member reasonably assume that the provider can accept PM's?...If not...How does a hobbyist know?


2) scenario: The PM is sent....How does oneknow if it has been read?...Does deleting it mean its removed even from that other person's mail box? I have a tendency to recheck mail that I sent for spelling/grammar...Does that constitute as mail being read?

Thank you for your response.

1. There is no way to know.  The only way to know for sure is
if the receiver decides to reply back to you.  It's better to
use non-TER email - that way, at least you know they got it and
can read it if they chose to.

2. Once you send the message you have no way to tell if the
other person has read it.  Also, anything you do to the email
message on your side has nothing to do with the message on
the other side.

Some email systems (not TER's email) allow you to tell if a
person has read their email.  That's another topic.

hope that helps
fr

-- Modified on 6/2/2004 1:56:33 PM

I know that you can tell if email has been read when sending AOL to AOl by clicking on status of sent email  or clicking on return reciept proir to sending the email. what about AOL to Yahoo...or AOL to whatever or Yahoo to Yahoo...is ther a way to know if mail has been read in either of those cases, before you get a reply...if any.

I know this is true for AOL and others (MSN?) that offer this
service.  This makes them less than optimal.

I saw a recent news story about a third party company that does
email verification.  You embed a link or attachment in the mail.
When the person on the other end opens the email, it notifies
the third party so the sender can subsequently check.  It's
mostly invisible on the receiver's end.

This is slightly better but I find the whole concept kind of
creepy and not that useful.  Also, my outlook application
automatically "reads" the first email that is in my inbox when
I first bring it up.  How many times have you clicked on an
email and then didn't read it and just deleted it.

fr

PS Lo' and behold, today's NY Times has an article on a newer
"secret" email tracker.  Check out the link.

-- Modified on 6/3/2004 11:08:31 AM

Hey Man,
Good find.
Thanks for posting the article/info.

Check out the article (from previous weeks) about things that
eliminate spyware.  good stuff.

fr