OT - How Do I Get an Email "Read Receipt"

[ritehook]

Still ignorant of all the ins and outs of pcs, tho I've had one ten years.

I recently set my OE to supply me with a Read Receipt, ie to notify me when a sent email has been opened.

But I tested it by sending a few email to myself (at a couple of web-based email accounts I have) and see nothing at OE that tells me such have been opened.

Anyone who may be able to supply answer?

[matekus]

Microsoft Outlook

ritehook,

It may depend on your email software. For example, I am certain that the option is available in Microsoft Outlook.

matekus

[Willie Bee]

I've got the full Outlook, ritehook, assuming you mean you are using the Express version. Tools > Options > Preferences > E-Mail Options > Tracking Options...is that the route you took to initially set yours up?

[Santo]

These aren't infallible, some people block them. I have my software set not to send any read receipts.

[ritehook]

I've got the full Outlook, ritehook, assuming you mean you are using the Express version. Tools > Options > Preferences > E-Mail Options > Tracking Options...is that the route you took to initially set yours up?

Yes, that's the route I took. Then sent a few emails from my Outlook Express to a few of my web-based email accounts. I then opened the emails there, went back to OE, and can find nothing that indicates the mail was open. And of course I didn't do blocking of that.

Where would it tell me that the email has been opened?

[Santo]

It's possible the web accounts don't do read receipts. GMail I'm pretty sure doesn't.

[ritehook]

It's possible the web accounts don't do read receipts. GMail I'm pretty sure doesn't.

No, most web accounts don't read receipts. (One does, but I forget its name). But I sent via Outlook Express, not the web-based account. I just received there, and opened when recieved.

Outlook should tell me when they were opened, but nothing, even tho it's set to "inform" me (I think that's the wording).

[Santo]

No, because google have to send the read receipt back to you. It's the client that opens the email that is responsible for sending a read receipt back to the sender.

[ritehook]

No, because google have to send the read receipt back to you. It's the client that opens the email that is responsible for sending a read receipt back to the sender.

Doesn't seem logical. That would make OE's Read Receipt useless, if it had to depend on the receiver's email program.

I understand that a user can block all such requests, but they have to take specific action to do so, and I didn't take such action at my two web-based email sites. And still can't see how OE is supposed to notify.

[Santo]

In OE you will receive an email entitled "READ RECEIPT: xxx read your email at xx:xx"

What I said was correct, and yes it is redundant these days with a lot of accounts. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_tracking