Email "Read Receipt" option obviously didn't work
-
I emailed our local authority last week to ask a question about planning permission for some work on our office building.
Nearly a week later, I have their initial reply. Which was a letter in the post. To tell me they'd received the email...
-
Likely this is done in response to a legal requirement, which requires a mailed notification. Sure it would be less expensive to reply by email; but I'm guessing that a physical mailing satisfies some requirement for notification. Mailing and delivering a piece of paper often is legally interpreted as proof that the recipient was notified. This is not a WTF in my opinion. I'm sure they'd like to save some money by replying to email, but they have to follow the laws/regulations.
-
Sadly, I'm sure you're right! Damned governments and their targets/legal crap/backwards approaches*
- = delete as applicable
-
@dogbrags said:
If only it was possible to do both!Likely this is done in response to a legal requirement, which requires a mailed notification. Sure it would be less expensive to reply by email; but I'm guessing that a physical mailing satisfies some requirement for notification. Mailing and delivering a piece of paper often is legally interpreted as proof that the recipient was notified. This is not a WTF in my opinion. I'm sure they'd like to save some money by replying to email, but they have to follow the laws/regulations.
-
@dogbrags said:
Likely this is done in response to a legal requirement, which requires a mailed notification. Sure it would be less expensive to reply by email; but I'm guessing that a physical mailing satisfies some requirement for notification. Mailing and delivering a piece of paper often is legally interpreted as proof that the recipient was notified. This is not a WTF in my opinion. I'm sure they'd like to save some money by replying to email, but they have to follow the laws/regulations.
Dunno about the rest of the world, but here in the Netherlands a physical letter has the same legal status as an email or a fax for that matter. Unless you have to sign for it, since then the sender has proof that you received it.
Seems perfectly reasonable to me...
