André et al,
Exchange offers the options of requesting "delivery" and / or "read" receipts but even these are not always reliable. Different mail systems seem to have different interpretations and do different things.
In any case, I was planning to send out, probably at the end of each week, a list of those whose votes I had received. (I was on leave for the last three days of last week, so I had nearly twenty votes in my in-box on Monday!)
Peter
-----Original Message----- From: André Danthine [mailto:Andre.Danthine@ulg.ac.be] Sent: 11 November 2003 08:59 To: Dr. Ahmed Al Naamany Cc: augusto.casaca@inesc.pt; Dorothy Hayden; Radford, Peter Subject: Fwd: RE: [ifip-tc6] Election of the TC6 Chair
Dear Ahmed,
When I send important e-mail I always use the Response Requested Service. I got always notification of receipt from the mail server of the people I try to reach. Sometimes I got the receipt of the people when the email is open.
The problem is more difficult if the message does not reach the mail server. That is the reason why TC6 requested to send the vote to two people.
Requesting from Dorothy and Peter to ack each received vote is adding to their work. Futhermore, for such problem the receiver does not open the votes immediatly but put them in a file. They will be open this file after several days. If the sender is expecting a diect answer, he may become nervous and try to resend.
By the way the automatic receipt notification sent by the mail server (after the spam detection process) may also get lost. The same is true for the direct reply.
Email is not a guaranteed service. THIS IS INTERNET.
Best regards
Andre
Delivered-To: Andre.Danthine@ulg.ac.be Delivered-To: CLUSTERHOST serv26.segi.ulg.ac.be Andre.Danthine@ulg.ac.be From: "Dr. Ahmed Al Naamany" naamany@squ.edu.om To: "'Andre Danthine'" Andre.Danthine@ulg.ac.be Subject: RE: [ifip-tc6] Election of the TC6 Chair Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:36:32 +0400 Thread-Index: AcOkZoRQUP76UkjxTqaVVGgm566QlgDtzvcg X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK,IN_REP_TO,MISSING_OUTLOOK_NAME, SMTPD_IN_RCVD version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp)
Dear Andre
I think I like the Electronic Votting!
BUT aren't we supposed to get reply that our email/voting has been
received!
After all; your emails to us were not that reliable due to minor moderation process!!
Ahmed
-----Original Message----- From: ifip-tc6-bounces@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE [mailto:ifip-tc6-bounces@lists.RWTH-Aachen.DE] On Behalf Of Andre Danthine Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 4:01 PM To: TC6 Cc: Dorothy Hayden Subject: [ifip-tc6] Election of the TC6 Chair
Dear TC6 national delegates and WG chairmen.
We are now ready to enter the last stage of the TC6 Chairman election.
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You will find as attachments their contributions in
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Andre