Read" receipt in outlook

[McOffice]

When a read receipt is set up in Outlook, does the recipient always get
asked, or see the request for the receipt?

Is there a way to track but have them not see it?

 

[VanguardLH]

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When a read receipt is set up in Outlook, does the recipient always
get
asked, or see the request for the receipt?

You don't get to control other people's computers.

Is there a way to track but have them not see it?

Yes, if they are boobs and reduce security in their e-mail clients.
Even webmail now blocks images, like web beacons.


http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlookexpress.general/msg/2bb10b7793acf6a5

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/msg/8cb548b33dcffe38

http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook.general/msg/ccbf52b40a4144a2

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Returning a read receipt will always require a user interaction of the
receiver. Support for sending read receipts and the level of automation for
returning them depends on the mail client being used by the recipient.

 

[McOffice]

Well the company that I worked for before could track but never asked the
recpient for permission

 

[F.H. Muffman]

When a read receipt is set up in Outlook, does the recipient always

Well the company that I worked for before could track but never asked
the recpient for permission

Either the client didn't prompt for read receipts (not all of them do) or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webbug.

 

[VanguardLH]

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Well the company that I worked for before could track but never
asked the
recpient for permission

Sure, if both sender and recipient are within the same Exchange mail
server organization where behavior can be controlled at the Exchange
server for BOTH users of that same Exchange server and where domain
policies can be pushed onto the company's workstations. The mail
server and those workstations are THEIR property. Your company can do
absolutely nothing about hosts outside their control.

You will have to find out what your NEW company mandates for e-mails
sent between their own employees.

 

[N. Miller]

When a read receipt is set up in Outlook, does the recipient always get
asked, or see the request for the receipt?

I believe that the recipient has full control over read receipts; whether
his client even responds at all, or notifies, or accepts without question.

Is there a way to track but have them not see it?

Not really. There are third party solutions which rely on passing the email
through their service and adding web bugs, or even going to their web site
to view the email, as a web mail. But, again, those depend upon the
recipient being a willing part of the process. He would have to go to the
web site to view the message, if that is the manner of tracking, or allow
his client to access remote servers to fetch images, in the case of web
bugs.

A recipient who does not want you to know if he read your message can foil
anything you try to confirm the reading. OTOH, if you are in an enterprise
environment, and this is job related, I expect that you can compel employees
to allow such things as a condition of employment.

 

[McOffice]

Got it
Thanks all

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Sure, if both sender and recipient are within the same Exchange mail
server organization where behavior can be controlled at the Exchange
server for BOTH users of that same Exchange server and where domain
policies can be pushed onto the company's workstations. The mail
server and those workstations are THEIR property. Your company can do
absolutely nothing about hosts outside their control.

You will have to find out what your NEW company mandates for e-mails
sent between their own employees.