Does anyone know how to get a read receipt from Outlook 97, 98 or 2000 when using Outlook 2003???

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Does anyone know how to get a read receipt from Outlook 97, 98 or 2000 when
using Outlook 2003???
Is Outlook 2003 backwards compatible???
 
Does anyone know how to get a read receipt from Outlook 97, 98 or 2000 when
using Outlook 2003???
Is Outlook 2003 backwards compatible???
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Outlook 97 and 98 definitely don't support read-receipts (the Internet
standard for read-receipts didn't exist when they shipped). I forget
whether Outlook 2000 suports them - but I think not, for the same reason.
 
Actually, Outlook 97 (and I'm pretty sure 98) supports read receipts under
these circumstances:

a) When the recipient is using Exchange

b) When the message is received via the Internet in rich-text format.

Outlook 2000 supports them in all cases, IIRC.
 
Paul said:
Does anyone know how to get a read receipt from Outlook 97, 98 or
2000 when using Outlook 2003???
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In addition to the other replies - note that the recipient's server, or
client, may be
configured not to send read receipts. Many people find them intrusive and
block them - I'm one of this number.
 
I was using outlook 2000 and I was always able to get a read receipt from
the people I emailed but with outlook 2003 I cant seem to get one.
 
I was using outlook 2000 and I was always able to get a read receipt from
the people I emailed but with outlook 2003 I cant seem to get one.
neo said:
outlook 2000 does. (i can't remember outlook 97/98.)
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I was using outlook 2000 and I was always able to get a read receipt from
the people I emailed but with outlook 2003 I cant seem to get one.
 
I was using outlook 2000 and I was always able to get a read receipt from
the people I emailed but with outlook 2003 I cant seem to get one.
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
 
Probably because more people realize how pointless read receipts are (they
don't really tell you anything meaningful) and instruct their mail client or
server not to return them.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
I was using outlook 2000 and I was always able to get a read receipt from
the people I emailed but with outlook 2003 I cant seem to get one.
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What email client are those people using? I'm really not that familiar
with Outlook 2000, but there were several non-standardized ways for doing
read-receipts over the Internet before read-receipts became standardized.
It may be that both Outlook 2000 and the people you're mailing to used one
of those non-standard mechanisms and that Outlook 2003 no longer uses it.
 
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