[rakirsch]

I switched recently from PC to Mac. I've an iBook using OS X. Before, in my PC days using Outlook Express, I was able to request receipt confirmation of an email message I sent. I was also able to mark a message I was sending with varying degrees of "Importance." I can't find any way to this this in Mail. Am I missing something real simple or are these things not possible in OS X?

Thanks for any response in advance.

[Chuckit]

Mail doesn't support these things. Entourage probably does, but I don't use it, so I'm not sure.

[larkost]

Also note that the "return receipt" function actually is handled by the receiving email server, and support for it outside of Exchange is spotty at best. Reason being: it is used extensively by spammers to figure out valid email addresses.

And personally I hate "priority" flags. Some people like them, but not me. (I do see how they could be used validly, but have never seen it in the wild)

I think that thunderbird supports both of these.

[CharlesS]

There's a plug-in called MailPriority that gives you return receipts and priority settings in Mail. However, I agree with the previous posters that these features are of questionable usefulness.