Not getting "delivery receipt"

[OscarVogel]

Using Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2003.

If a user requests a "Delivery Receipt" when she sends emails to an outside
address, and then does NOT receive any notification that her email has been
delivered, is that conclusive evidence that her email has in fact NOT been
delivered?

 

[Andy David {MVP}]

Using Outlook 2003 with Exchange 2003.

If a user requests a "Delivery Receipt" when she sends emails to an outside
address, and then does NOT receive any notification that her email has been
delivered, is that conclusive evidence that her email has in fact NOT been
delivered?

Nope. Its conclusive evidence that delivery receipts and read receipts
can be pretty useless.

 

[PD43]

Nope. Its conclusive evidence that delivery receipts and read receipts
can be pretty useless.

To expand...

1) the recipient of your email can easily disable the sending of such
receipts.
2) such receipts are not supported in many email situations.

Lesson: stop obsessing about whether or not your emails are being read.

 

[Ed Crowley [MVP]]

They're not completely useless; they're a positive indicator only. If you
get one, you can be pretty sure the message was delivered, but if you don't
get one you essentially know nothing about the delivery status.

 

[Andy David {MVP}]

They're not completely useless; they're a positive indicator only. If you
get one, you can be pretty sure the message was delivered, but if you don't
get one you essentially know nothing about the delivery status.

Delivered where? A relay can send back a delivery receipt - doesnt
mean it correctly routed that message to its final destination.

 

[Ed Crowley [MVP]]

Delivered to the relay!

 

[Andy David {MVP}]

Delivered to the relay!

Doh!