How to Request a Read Receipt in Microsoft Outlook?

Request a Read Receipt in Microsoft Outlook:

When you send an email to another person, you don't know when that email will be read. If you don't get a response, then it's difficult to determine whether the email was read or not. Outlook provides a tool called "read receipt".

This tool helps you know whether the recipient has opened your email. This is actually a brief automatic response that confirms that an email has been opened up. There is always an option where you can request a delivery receipt. However, this feature only works if you have a Microsoft Exchange email account. 

You can request it using a single email. If you wish to use it the whole time, you can force the outgoing emails to request a read receipt. This way, you won't have to do it by hand every time. The recipient may refuse to send the read receipt.

There are a few email programs that disregard read receipts completely. Nevertheless, if you wish to send an email with a read receipt, then we have mentioned two methods for the same.

How to Request a Read Receipt in Outlook?

Below are the simple steps that you need to follow in order to request a read receipt in Outlook. 

Step 1: Open Outlook and then create a new email message. 

Step 2: Select the Options given in the upper section of the message window. 

Step 3: Check the checkbox "Request a read receipt". 

Step 4: Send the message. This is going to give you an automated email response. 

How to Request a Read Receipt in Outlook for Every Message you Send?

Below are the steps that you need to follow to request a read receipt in Outlook for every message you send. 

Step 1: First of all, you need to select File in Outlook. 

Step 2: After that, select Options.

Step 3: Go to the dialog box of Outlook options and then select "Mail" from the Navigation pane given at the left. 

Step 4: Navigate to the tracking section and then search for the section called "For all messages sent request". After that, click on the checkbox for "Read receipts confirming the recipient saw your message". 

Step 5: Select OK for saving the changes made. Now, you will get a request with every outgoing message.