Tip #3273 - E-mail Read Receipt
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E-mail
Read Receipt
When you send e-mails
out, do you ever wonder if they actually get read or not? E-mail is great,
but sometimes it leaves us in the dark. How are we supposed to know if
a recipient really read the message we sent? Sometimes it's just pertinent
to know and that's where e-mail read receipts come into play. Before I
explain, I just want to let you know that this tip is only good for Outlook
Express users.
There are two ways
you can request a read receipt when using OE. The first one goes along
with just an individual message. Click on Create Mail to
get a new message started. Go ahead and type in the recipient's address
and whatever you want to say. When you're done, go up to the Tools
menu and choose Request Read Receipt. OE will then inform
you when the message has been read by the recipient.
The second method
you can use is to put a read receipt request on every single message you
send out. To do this, open OE and go to Tools, Options.
Once there, click on the Receipts tab and checkmark the
box that says "Request a return receipt for all sent messages."
Click OK and you'll be all set. OE will notify you each
time one of your e-mails has been opened and read. This is helpful for
all those urgent messages and sometimes, it's even fun to see how long
it takes someone to respond to you!
~ Erin
P.S. - Unfortunately,
this feature is not offered in the Web based e-mail programs (Yahoo!,
Hotmail, Gmail, etc).
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