What is Return Receipt?
A return receipt, as it relates to computers, refers to the ability for the sender of an email to receive notification back with a date and time stamp of when the recipient opened the mail. A sender might want a return receipt as a matter of course to be sure that all email is actually reaching its destination, or some might only opt for notification when the mail is related to legal or professional matters that require a forensic record. In all cases, the recipient can block generation of a return receipt, purposely or accidentally. Today’s email clients feature a control to request return receipts for mail you send, and a separate control to accept or deny receipts requested of you. First, let’s consider requesting a return receipt. While it might sound handy to know when people opened your mail, there are a couple of things to consider. First, some people consider return receipts an invasion of their privacy. They prefer to read and answer mail without a “return receipt time clock t
How do I use it? Solution: If this button is ON, the message to your recipients includes a Notify Sender button that when clicked creates a message notifying you that the original message was viewed. You can request that your recipients notify you when they have seen your message. To do this, click the RR button (Windows versions prior to 4.3 or all MAC versions) or the Button Left of the Send\Queue button that looks like an envelope overlapped by a Green square on the upper left hand corner, in the composing message toolbar. When your recipients open the message and close it, a dialog box is displayed asking them to create a notification message NOW, LATER or NEVER. If you send yourself a copy of the message, you will see the notification request. If a recipient chooses to create a notification message, it is sent to you and tells you when the recipient displayed your message. If you receive a request for notification: Click NOW to queue the notification message in your OUT mailbox; i
