'Is there a way to get the delivery and read receipt confirmation to a specific address in Outlook? I know it can be easily done for individual message but I want to get the way to automatically turn it on for specific email address whenever I send message.'- Milan
- On the File menu, select Options Mail. Under Tracking, select the Delivery receipt confirming the message was delivered to the recipient's e-mail server or Read receipt confirming the recipient viewed the message check box. Tip: As a best practice, consider tracking only single messages of importance instead of all messages.
- A delivery receipt confirms delivery of your email message to the recipient’s mailbox, but not that the recipient has seen it or read it. A read receipt confirms that your message was opened. In Outlook for Mac, the message recipient can decline to send read receipts. For more details, see Request a read receipt or delivery notification.
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Get Delivery and Read Receipt Confirmation to a Specific Address
A delivery receipt informs that your email message was delivered to the recipient's mailbox, but not the recipient has read it. A read receipt instructs you that the message has been opened. But in case of read receipts, you should know one thing that the message recipient (in Outlook) has the power to decline to send read receipt. There can be one scenario more that the recipient's e-mail program does not support read receipts. So, don't rely only on this option.
However, I am going to explain the procedure for getting delivery and read receipt confirmation to a specific address in Microsoft Outlook.
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Step 1
- Apply a New Rule:
- Click on 'New Rule' option.
Select Template
Step 2
- Select 'Apply rule on Message I send' template under 'Start from a blank rule' section.
[NOTE: In Outlook 2007 or previous versions, you will see 'Check messages after sending']
- Click on 'Next' option.
Select one or more conditions to check what you want.
Rules Wizard
Step 3
- For tracking specific messages (in our case), we need to select 'sent to people or public group'.
[NOTE: In Outlook 2007 or previous version - you will see 'sent to people or distribution list']
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- Click 'people or public group' in the bottom screen and select the contact(s) from Address Book that you want to track.
Rule Address
Step 4
- After selecting contacts, click on 'Ok' button.
- Now, Click on 'Next' button to go to the next step.
Select action(s) according to need
Step 5
- In our case, we need to select 'notify me when it is read' and 'notify me when it is delivered'.
- Click on 'Next' button.
If there is need to set any exception, click on required exception or leave it blank.
Step 6
- Click on 'Next' button.
Give a name to the rule.
Step 7
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- Click on 'Finish' button.
If you want to track all Sent messages of Outlook by default, then enable the Delivery and Read Receipt confirmation option.
For Outlook 2002, 2003 and 2007:
Step 1
- Go to the 'Tool' menu and click on 'Options'.
Microsoft Outlook Read Receipt Settings
Step 2
- On 'Preference' tab, click on 'E-mail options' under E-mail and then click on 'Tracking option'.
Step 3
- Now, check mark on 'Read Receipt' and 'Delivery Receipt' under 'For all messages I send, request'.
For Outlook 2010 and 2013:
Step 1
- Go to File >> Option >> Mail
Step 2
- Under tracking option, check mark the box 'Delivery receipt confirming the message was delivered to recipient email server'.
By applying these settings, you will be able to get confirmation as you want. But, keep in mind that the recipient has the power to decline to send a read receipt as I have already mentioned above.
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