Friday's Unscientific Poll: Read receipts

[nanila]

Poll #23032 Read receipts

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 48

When I receive a request for a read receipt on an email message, I

Ignore it
40 (83.3%)

Send it
8 (16.7%)

Well. Not so much opinions as An Opinion, which is that I loathe them. I have never ever sent one. To me an email message is like a paper letter in this way. Once I have sent it, it's up to the recipient when and if they read it and choose to respond.

Comments

[antisoppist]

I ignore them but I reply to the email instead, so I suppose in that sense they are working! I just think saying "I have read your message but am not replying to it" is rude so it makes me reply and then resent it.

It would be different if I got it on emails that don't demand a reply though. If my clients send them it's because they've got an urgent job and want to know if I am there to do it now this minute. It's only just occurred to me that I could ignore it and pretend I am out.