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[Colin Law <clanlaw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19 May 2012 17:56, supernova <supernova.it@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Are you referring to this? http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6109
>
> No, at all. I'm referring to something like this:
> http://email.about.com/od/windowsreturnreceipts/tp/certified_email.htm
> It had different advantages, for example knowing that the email received is
> yours...

My understanding is that such services do not work reliably.  They
rely on such techniques as embedding links to hidden images that are
supposed to be accessed when the mail is opened.  If, however, the
recipient has his mailer set so as to not open remote images then this
will not work.

Anyway this is nothing to do with Ubuntu, and for many goes against
the principles of Ubuntu.  Most Ubuntu users do not want their privacy
invaded in such ways.  I don't want anyone else knowing when, or
whether, I open an email.

It is certainly off topic for this list.

Colin

>> It is an (embarrassing) tentative of Internet standard for a
>> (pseudo-)technology that is used only in Italy for special tasks like
>> communicating with governmental authorities. I think (and hope) it will
>> never ever be used outside of Italy, because it is just much restrictive and
>> gives very few values.
> I too if you refer to PEC...
>>
>> [As you may have noticed, I'm not a great fan of this thing]
>>
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