On Fri, Jan 06, 2012 at 09:20:38PM -0500, Ian Ward wrote: > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday [ at ] crashcourse [ dot ] ca>wrote: > > the lawyer took it one step further, asking whether there was a way > > to absolutely *guarantee* that someone you emailed had read that > > email. i'm not a mail protocol expert but i thought about it briefly, > > then said i didn't think so, and used my mail setup as an example. > > People commonly call a shared exchange server "email", and I believe with > exchange and a bunch of microsoft email clients you can tell when an email > has been displayed. > > But even then, I don't know how this could ever be the same as saying that > a person actually *read* the email. Or whether it was an anti-spam or virus scanner that actually did, or even a spook. I'd say that most marketing types and lawyers don't understand the technology enough to be so certain, particularly if technical folks don't. > Ian slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.net> <www.TriColour.net> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________