Request a Delivery receipt (Outlook / Thunderbird)

Last update on October 5, 2009 09:18 AM by jak58
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Request a Delivery receipt (Outlook / Thunderbird)





If you want to know if your email has been sent successfully to your recipient then you must activate certains options in in Outlook and Thunderbird

Get a receipt with Outlook


Receipt for an email
  • Outlook 2007. When writing a message, click Options. Check Request a delivery receipt. To ensure that your message has been read/opened by your recipient, select "request a read receipt"
  • Outlook 2000-2003. When writing a message, click Options> Tracking Options. Check "Request a read receipt for this message."
  • Automatic acknowledgment to each mail
    • In the main window of Outlook (2000, 2003, 2007), click: Tools> Options. In "Preferences", click Mail Options> Tracking Options.
    • Then check the "read receipts" (or "confirm reading each message).

Get a receipt with Thunderbird

  • When writing a message, click on Tools/ Select Request a delivery receipt.
  • Automatic acknowledgment to each mail
    • In the main program window, click on Tools> Options.
    • In the Options window, click on "receipts" in the lower right.
    • A new window opens. Check When sending a message, always ask for a receipt.
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