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Would you opt in? What if you don't have time to answer right now? I would hate feeling like I had to either respond immediately or broadcast that I was waiting

Would you opt in? What if you don't have time to answer right now? I would hate feeling like I had to either respond immediately or broadcast that I was waiting. Part of the appeal of e-mail (or any correspondence) is that each correspondent can proceed at their own pace. It's a feature, not a bug, at least in many cases.

a3_nm 15y ago
There is a difference between knowing that the message arrived in the recipient's inbox, and knowing that the recipient has opened the message. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_receipt#E-mail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_receipt#E-mail (DSN versus MDN). MDNs are not a very good idea, but widespread use of DSNs would probably be nice. There are quite a lot of cases where you just have to know if your message arrived, but it is tedious (and slightly rude) to ask for confirmation.