99% of the email users in the world don't understand filters, MUAs or Exchange. They will view the message and get counted. (They also run the virus installs and keep the consultants at FutureShop in business). :) -- Glenn Henshaw Waterloo, Canada Email: thraxisp4 [ at ] mac [ dot ] com On 2012-01-06, at 10:28 PM, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On 12-01-06 10:12 PM, Brenda J. Butler wrote: >> The email protocol does not include any way to check if the >> email has been read. >> >> People have used other tricks to tell if the email has been opened. >> One is the "include a link and if the person clicks on it, the >> email has been read". >> >> Another is the "include a picture and if that picture is downloaded, >> the picture has been read". > > Won't work. I have a filter on my email that checks to see if you're on > my black list, and if so, sends it directly to trash and marks it read. > I never see it. > > > -- > Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, > Shawn > > Programming is as much about organization and communication > as it is about coding. > > Never give up your dreams. Give up your goals, plans, > strategy, tactics, and anything that's not working but never > give up your dreams. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM5A1K6TxxM > "Never, never, never give up." > Winston Churchill > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux