Possible for Mail.app to let you know a message was recieved?

afro_puff · 07-09-2003, 03:28 PM

I just got a new job, and whenever I send an email from work with my work email address I will get a confirmation (much like AOL does or did, I haven't used AOL in the longest) when the recipient opens the email.

Is there a way to do this with Mail.app and my regular email address which is a .mac account?

thx in advance!

yellow · 07-09-2003, 03:38 PM

Lotus Notes user? I feel for you..

Mail.app as a mail client doesn't support 'return-receipt'. Eudora does, but I've never seen it actually work. Ultimately it lies in the recipient's mail client whether it will honor this request or not.

afro_puff · 07-09-2003, 03:54 PM

is there no way whatsoever to make it work?

tjj · 07-09-2003, 04:48 PM

Maybe this will help.

yellow · 07-09-2003, 04:52 PM

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	Originally posted by tjj Maybe this will help.

I am under the impression that 'mailpriority' only fiddles with the headers of the mail that clients use to designate 'important' mail. I don't think it'll do return-receipt.

You'll have to look for 3rd party stuff, Puff. It's not possible to do it from inside Mail's current GUIfied controls.

tjj · 07-09-2003, 04:57 PM

Here's a quote from the authors site:

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	What is it? MailPriority is a plug-in for Mail.app on Mac OS X providing a simple interface to set the X-Priority header (on 10.1.x and 10.2) and Disposition-Notification-To header (on 10.2 only). New in 1.2b • Compatibility with Mail.app 1.2 (the one shipping with 10.2). • Tested with GPGMail 0.5.4 (v22 Jaguar) • Possibility to request a Receipt by setting the Disposition-Notification-To header. (You only get a receipt, if the receiving mail client supports this feature and the recipient enables this option).

yellow · 07-09-2003, 05:01 PM

Sorry, I was reading the Features section which has no mention of that. So, it appears that that plug-in will indeed do what you want. Thanks tjj for bringing this to our attention.

caveat: As mentioned before "You only get a receipt, if the receiving mail client supports this feature and the recipient enables this option"

07-09-2003, 03:28 PM	#1
afro_puff Major Leaguer Join Date: May 2002 Location: NYC & Boston, MA Posts: 303	Possible for Mail.app to let you know a message was recieved? I just got a new job, and whenever I send an email from work with my work email address I will get a confirmation (much like AOL does or did, I haven't used AOL in the longest) when the recipient opens the email. Is there a way to do this with Mail.app and my regular email address which is a .mac account? thx in advance! __________________ ..// afro_puff //..

07-09-2003, 03:54 PM	#3
afro_puff Major Leaguer Join Date: May 2002 Location: NYC & Boston, MA Posts: 303	is there no way whatsoever to make it work? __________________ ..// afro_puff //..

07-09-2003, 04:48 PM	#4
tjj Major Leaguer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 271	Mailpriority Maybe this will help. __________________ -- Thomas 10.4.11 on Pismo 500 MHz/1GB 10.5.6 on iMac intel 2.16 GHz core duo/2GB

07-09-2003, 03:38 PM	#2
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	Lotus Notes user? I feel for you.. Mail.app as a mail client doesn't support 'return-receipt'. Eudora does, but I've never seen it actually work. Ultimately it lies in the recipient's mail client whether it will honor this request or not.

07-09-2003, 05:01 PM	#7
yellow Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,677	Sorry, I was reading the Features section which has no mention of that. So, it appears that that plug-in will indeed do what you want. Thanks tjj for bringing this to our attention. caveat: As mentioned before "You only get a receipt, if the receiving mail client supports this feature and the recipient enables this option"