I don't get read reciepts at all.
I am using Outlook 2003.
Do I have some security setting wrong or something?
I have not been able to figure it out through the help function.
Any suggestions.
Thanks
Morton

Perhaps the recipient is not receiving receipts, as they be removed by their
server, or the recipient ignores them

"Morton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I don't get read reciepts at all.
> I am using Outlook 2003.
> Do I have some security setting wrong or something?
> I have not been able to figure it out through the help function.
> Any suggestions.
> Thanks
> Morton

"VanguardLH" wrote:

> Morton wrote:
>
> > I don't get read reciepts at all.
> > I am using Outlook 2003.
> > Do I have some security setting wrong or something?
> > I have not been able to figure it out through the help function.
>
> Your subject says "delivery receipts". Your body say "read receipts".
> So WHICH one do you want to discuss? They are NOT the same.
>
> Read receipt *requests* (which is a header in the e-mail) are handled by
> the recipient's e-mail client. Whether the e-mail client prompts,
> always sends, or always ignores these requests depends on how the user
> configured their e-mail client.
>
> Delivery receipt *requests* (which is a header in the e-mail) are
> handled by the recipient's mail host (NOT by the recipient's e-mail
> client). It is a request for the receiving mail host to notify the
> sender that their e-mail got to the recipient's mail service. It does
> NOT validate that the e-mail got through that mail service to the
> recipient's mailbox and it is does not validate that the recipient
> retrieved the e-mail in their e-mail client and then opened that e-mail.
> Rare few mail hosts waste their time with positive feedback via delivery
> receipts. They don't need to tell you when your e-mail was accepted by
> their mail host. Instead they send back negative feedback when their
> mail host rejects or otherwise will not or can not accept your e-mail.
> The lack of negative feedback is the positive feedback. Mail hosts
> don't need to waste their time validating all accepted e-mails and
> instead. They just need to provide the negative feedback when they
> cannot accept your e-mail (or the sending mail host sends back the
> negative feedback when it cannot connect to the receiving mail host).
>
> Read receipts: Requests are handled by recipient's e-mail client.
> Most users ignore all such requests.
> Delivery receipts: Requests are handled by the receiving mail host.
> Most mail hosts ignore such requests.
>
> .
> I do get the negative feedback for "failure" so things must be working correctly.
Thanks for the verification VanguardLH. That clears it up.
Have a great New Year.
Morton