Talk:Return receipt

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[edit] what does "return receipt" mean in the email world, anyway?

I'm not entirely happy with my discussion of the meaning of "return receipt" as applied to email. But I've seen so much confusion result from use of the term and the difference between the service you get in email and the service you get from a physical delivery system, that I felt compelled to write something about it. What's usually thought of as "return receipt" in the physical world really doesn't exist in standards-based email. Keithmoore (talk) 20:20, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

I suspect that it would be better to cut the e-mail section back and move a lot of it to bounce message. Then, this article could be rephrased much more in the terms of "return receipt" vs bounces, and e-mail vs real world. I notice it doesn't currently mention bounce at all, and the link to Delivery Status Notification (which redirects to bounce message) was removed. Wrs1864 (talk)

I've re-read the article and ponder some more. I'm not sure that a lot of this really could be moved to the bounce message article, but some could and a link should definitely be restored. Also, I would think that something about "message tracking" (RFC 3885) would be useful to include. Wrs1864 (talk) 21:21, 6 June 2008 (UTC)