Read and Delivery Receipt in Google Apps Gmail

Problem is, none of these have a high percentage of accuracy.

Read receipts: My mail clients are configured to throw away the request. I think most people default to this.

Image downloads (readnotify / spypig / others): My mail client doesn't download images unless I tell it to, which has become the default on many clients, even webbased. On the other hand, the antivirus software may download the image for inspection. So a server based antivirus software can cause a very false read indication.

Why bother? I know for marketing, its a cool idea. In reality, it leaves a lot to be desired. I've never seen studies on it, but I assume the accuracy of these is 50% at best. About the same as guessing.

Dan
 
I have been using ReadNotify for years and never had an issue. Sometimes if someone has their spam filters set high it ends up in their spam box but the same is true for my Quotit proposal.

With ReadNotify there is no "flag" asking them to acknowledge receipt of the email like with some programs. They open, I get an instant response and away we go.

Won't say it is perfect, but I have written a fair amount of business over the years because of it. Best $36 I have ever spent.
 
Thanks guys.

I use the receipts for some added CYA. Have had to go back to phone records before to prove that we made some calls. Emails may work the same.
 
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