Outlook, the primary email client from Microsoft, has a feature called Read Receipts.
This is kind of a receipt that shows whether your mail was opened or not.
All the versions of outlook have this feature.
I have already enabled it in several versions of Outlook for many years.
Some versions might have the option here, and the rest of the list has it anywhere else.
Why does Outlook not have a read receipt?
There is an option to turn on the read receipts for Outlook.
Read receipts are genuinely valuable for the scenarios like whether the receiver has opened the message or not.
you might enable it with a few clicks if you are on Windows 10 with Office 365.
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Do read receipts always work?
No, read receipts dont usually work.
These receipts dont guarantee that your mail receiver has read the mail or not.
You are just informed that your mail receiver has got the mail, and the person has opened it.
Thats what read receipts do.
Read receipts are turned off in usually.
But if you want to enable it, then you’re able to.
Enabling read receipts and requisition the receiver for the read receipts are different things.
Outlook offers read receipts from the receiver if you have asked for them.
So dont miss out on any part further as I will elaborate the things one by one.
Here are the steps to enable read receipts on Outlook:
1.
Your mail client will request the receiver for a read receipt and send it back to you.
Here are the steps to turn on the feature:
You are done!
You have successfully turned on the requests for the read receipts.
Now just sit back and relax for the receipts.
Track All Sent Messages by Default
The previously mentioned method was for only one email particularly.
You enabled it for that email you just sent.
But what about enabling this read receipt by default for all the emails you will send from this point?
it’s possible for you to do that by enabling the Read Receipts for all the messages by default.
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Here are the steps to track recipient responses on messages received:
You are done.
Enable Email Notifications on Windows 10
Windows 10 offers an action center where all the notifications get stored.
it’s possible for you to get the new email notifications there as well.
You just need to enable notifications for the default Mail app for Windows 10.
But it’s crucial that you change the prefs in the Windows for the Mail app.
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Here are the steps to change options in Windows for Mail app:
5.
Turn off read receipts
you’re free to turn off the read receipts too.
Many people dont want to let the sender know that their message has been read or not.
But there is an option to do so.
Just head to the Outlook tweaks and do some tweaks.
This doesnt mean your receiver has read the message or not.
The second option says that the recipient hasopened the mail.
This receipt comes to you only when the recipient opens the mail.
And you are done with the configs.
You wont be receiving any receipts anymore.
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FAQ
Outlook doesnt offer a read receipt by default sometimes.
it’s possible for you to activate the read receipts manually for one or all messages outgoing further.
How do I set a read receipt in Outlook as default?
Why am I not getting read receipts?
grab the checkbox saying Always Send a Read Receipt to get the read receipts always.
No, sometimes the read receipts dont work.
Read receipts are considered as an intruder for the recipient.
For that, many people and organizations keep turning it off.
Do both people have to have read receipts turned on?
