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Does GMail have the facility for me to check if a recipient has read an email I've sent them?
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If it has I can't find how to do it. If it doesn't, does anyone know who does?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ."Read receipts" have to be supported by both the sending and receiving software. You can configure Gmail to be accessed through MS Outlook -
Outlook 2003: http:// support .google ...py?h l=en&an swer=77 661
Outlook 2007/2010: http:// support .google ...py?h l=en&an swer=77 689
Then you can use Outlook's read receipt facility - but the recipient would have to permit this too.
Read receipts in 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192929
In 2007: http:// office. microso ...ions -HP0100 80428.a spx
In 2010: http:// office. microso ...ions -HP0103 55029.a spx
Outlook 2003: http://
Outlook 2007/2010: http://
Then you can use Outlook's read receipt facility - but the recipient would have to permit this too.
Read receipts in 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/192929
In 2007: http://
In 2010: http://
ladybirder, on a Mac you'd need to get an equivalent piece of software. I think you could do it with Mozilla Thunderbird.
Bear in mind that, these days, many recipient programs simply discard read receipts. Just because you request a receipt doesn't mean you're going to receive one, so there are a lot of false negatives. If you're desperate to know whether an email has been received, ask the the recipient to confirm receipt - or call them and check they've got it ...
Bear in mind that, these days, many recipient programs simply discard read receipts. Just because you request a receipt doesn't mean you're going to receive one, so there are a lot of false negatives. If you're desperate to know whether an email has been received, ask the the recipient to confirm receipt - or call them and check they've got it ...
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