At 09:27 AM 6/10/1998 EDT, Patty Oh so eloquently stated:
>In a message dated 98-06-10 09:16:00 EDT, you write:
>
><< My question  is how do you verify that somebody received the e-mail like
>you
> would do with certified mail? >>
>
>george,
>
>there are some mailing programs that will allow send you a notification when
>the receiver has read the mail you sent..... but it's not available on all
>mailing programs.
>

Yes, I have it with Eudora.  But the problem is you have options,
i.e., reply now; reply later; never reply.  So it is somewhat
useless.  But then again so is certified mail, if the recipient
doesn't pick it up.

>there's another glitch to contemplate-- unless you're sending
encrypted email,
>using a program such as PGP, how can you be positive that email hasn't been
>tampered with enroute?  it's highly unlikely that a specific piece of mail is
>read by a third part and tampered with, yet that can occur.
>

Paranoia?  Then again, I guess that's the legal world, eh?

George



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