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

[nanila]

I worked very briefly with someone who put them on every email. I never sent one back. And even after being told quite firmly by our line manager to stop....they persisted. *sigh*

[bitterlawngnome]

Well. I mean, I suppose when the alternative is the person phoning me to say ... did you get my email? I'll take the notif.