Outlook read receipts... HELP!

[Shawnco]

Hello,


I've started using Gmail now and have been quite satisfied. However,
I am now looking for a way to block, trash, or somehow ignore mail sent
to me with a read receipt request from Outlook users.
Though I am not using Outlook, I think Outlook is a great product. But,
from some of the posts I've seen it appears that some people feel that
sending read receipts with every email borders on some privacy issues.


When a read receipt request is sent from Outlook is there any specific
coding in the message that would make it identifiable? If so, would it
be possible to set up a filter in my Gmail account to immediately trash
or spam those messages?


I ask for a solution to this problem because I get such a large amount
of personal email each day that if I were to respond in a timely
fashion to each one -I would never get anything done. LOL
So, if someone could explain the logistics behind the read receipt
functionality or tell me if there is some discriminating line of code
with which to create a filter for messages with read receipt requests.


Unless I'm mistaken, Gmail does currently honor read receipts and the
Gamil help section doesn't offer a way to block them.


This is my theory on how I can accomplish my goal:
Step 1. One of you nice folks reading this replies with the code that
Outlook sends in messages with read receipt requests.


Step 2. I go to the settings page in my Gmail account and create a
filter for all incoming messages containing the read receipt code.


Step 3. I set the new filter to send the appropriate messages directly
to trash.


Does that sound reasonable? I don't know.


Again, my issue is not with Outlook itself, it's with the prying eyes
of people who want to know exactly when I got their chain letter, list
of jokes about the Ozarks, pictures from their trip to Area 51, etc.
They get angry when I don't right back quickly and congratulate them
for figuring out how to use their computer. LOL


Thanks in advance for any help I can get

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

If you look at the message source in gmail, the header has

Content-Disposition: inline

Are you reading your gmail in Outlook or on the web interface? If the web,
see if gmail supports words in the header. Outlook does, but it's not
necessary as outlook offers other options.

Did you test gmail by sending your self a read receipt request to your gmail
address and did you get a reads notification back? In my tests, the gmail
interface does not honor read receipt requests. When a client (web browser
in gmail's case) or server does not honor receipt requests, filtering for
them is pointless. If you read gmail in outlook, the receipt request would
be honored but outlook gives you the opportunity to block them.