posted on July 16, 2001 10:10:42 AM
Ever send someone email and not get an answer for days or weeks? You sit there wondering if the emails are getting "lost in the ozone" or if the person is deliberately ignoring you. Here's a nifty way to know. Go to itraceyou.com and register for a free account. Now you can send mail one of two ways. You can send it directly from the itraceyou site or you can send it from your regular email but change the TO field just slightly. Itraceyou will send you a confirmation email when your email has been delivered to the recipient's mailbox and then a second email when it has been read. The recipient isn't notified of the trace.
Next time you're wondering how long you should wait before relisting, you'll know if the bidder is deliberatly ignoring you. Next time you get that "Sorry for not responding but I've been away for a few weeks" reply, you'll have some idea if it's true. A free account at Itraceyou is limited to 15 secretly traced messages a day. After that, Itraceyou places a banner on the email saying something to the effect of "This email was traced using Itraceyou.com."
Another service that does a similar job is Confirm.to. No need to register for an account. Just add .confirm.to to the end of your email, as in: [email protected]. This will send the email and send you a confirmation when it has been read. Confirm.to limits you to 30 messages a month.<p>
