Read Receipts and Sent Items, Read receipts sent in spite of setting to the contrary

[Bruce Hoffman]

I have configured Outlook to not send read receipt responses however when I
select a group of emails and mark them as READ or if I select an email
folder and mark it as "Mark All as READ" a read receipt is sent anyway. I
will be very grateful if someone can tell me how to turn this off (even if
it requires VBA).

Also, read receipts do not show up in sent items. Is there some way to make
them show up in the sent items folder.

These two features together are somewhat of a security issue as they allow
someone to send you junk, if you happen to filter such emails as junk and
put them into a junk folder (just in case of a false positive) and mark
groups of these emails as READ after you review them, senders of such junk
emails will be notified if they include a read receipt request to Outlook
users.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

I use Watch Your Back! in addition to Outlook for stopping read receipts
(among other things that it does.) I have never had any problems with read
receipts going out (I have it set to never send) in Outlook and WYB! is just
for backup.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Bruce Hoffman
asked:

| I have configured Outlook to not send read receipt responses however
| when I select a group of emails and mark them as READ or if I select
| an email folder and mark it as "Mark All as READ" a read receipt is
| sent anyway. I will be very grateful if someone can tell me how to
| turn this off (even if it requires VBA).
|
| Also, read receipts do not show up in sent items. Is there some way
| to make them show up in the sent items folder.
|
| These two features together are somewhat of a security issue as they
| allow someone to send you junk, if you happen to filter such emails
| as junk and put them into a junk folder (just in case of a false
| positive) and mark groups of these emails as READ after you review
| them, senders of such junk emails will be notified if they include a
| read receipt request to Outlook users.

 

[Jeff Stephenson [MSFT]]

What version of Outlook do you have? I believe that this is fixed in
Outlook 2003 and in a service-pack for Outlook 2002 (either SP-2 or the
forthcoming SP-3).