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Received and understood?

Not every message you see on your computer is strictly necessary. Such as, for example, the one Chris Rayers at Atos Origin received as an email return receipt.
‘This is a Return Receipt for the mail that you sent to [name]. Note: this Return Receipt only acknowledges that the message was displayed on the recipient’s machine. There is no guarantee that the content has been read or understood.’
If our computer started sending such receipts, we might conclude that the Computing email server was having a pop at our ability to comprehend the English language.
They’re getting cocky, and we can’t do a damn thing about it.

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