March 2nd, 2006
Show-N-Tell-Entry
Alright, I'll join the fray on Thursday
- but I have to state this up front - I am not, never will be a developer.
I stink at it. If I wrote this code, it would not work - no
way, no how. However, I hate return receipts, so I got a friendly
developer to write some code for me to allow me to delete the annoying
little buggers if I want to.
As far as I know, its magic. When I get a note with a return receipt
on it, a nice little dialog box pops up that says "Delete Return
Receipt?" and I get to choose. 99% of those things get deleted.
My personal rule is: If the person is directly up my corporate
food chain and/or controls my salary, I let the return receipt do its thing.
Otherwise, it gets zapped. I don't even bother showing an icon
that indicates there's a return receipt, cuz I don't care. When I
read my email is my own business. Lots of people have code like this
already, but in case you don't, here's mine:
This code goes into the QueryOpenDocument section of your $Inbox folder,
between the Sub and End Sub lines.
Dim doc As NotesDocument, docs As NotesDocumentCollection
Set docs = Source.Documents
Set doc = docs.GetFirstDocument
Dim answer As Integer
If (doc.HasItem("ReturnReceipt"))
Then
If doc.ReturnReceipt(0)
= "1" Then
answer = Messagebox ("Delete Return Receipt?", 36,
"Return Receipt")
If answer = 6 Then
doc.ReturnReceipt = "0"
Call doc.Save(True,True)
End If
End If
End If
After you paste it, you have to set
the Design Property setting of: prohibit design replace or refresh
to modify for the folder to keep your code from getting replaced now and
then. I always forget and have to put it back,. And you have
to make sure you DO get the $Inbox folder replaced at upgrade time, etc....It's
all very manual, but for me, its worth it.
Now for the disclaimer. Y'all know I work for IBM, so know this:
IBM does NOT endorse this type of tinkering with your mail file.
It may break your mail file. It may give you acne. It
probably contributes to global warming. It makes socks disappear
randomly from your laundry. Don't do it. Unless you hate those
bleeping return receipts like I do.
And if you're interested, check the
flickr badge over on the left for recent blogmonkey sightings - in Ireland,
Scotland and Germany.
