email clients with read receipt option

[Upatdawn]

bt yahoo has no read receipt option....msoft outlook did


any suggestions?


in on windows 10


cheers

[Penelope Stopit]

https://getnotify.com/

[randlemarcus]

Use Microsoft Outlook? It's a client thing, not an email provider thing. Read receipts are part of the SMTP standard, so they are always there. Worth noting that I automatically disable read receipts from my end, and am sure I am not alone.

[The Mad Monk]

Upatdawn said:

bt yahoo has no read receipt option....msoft outlook did


any suggestions?

Yes.

Don't bother.

I always make a point of refusing to check the box that says 'I have read your email'.

[Andy-SP2]

Mozilla Thunderbird is another option but I don't send receipts either

[rsbmw]

I always find read receipts are used only by arse covering tts and fked if I'm clicking "yes". If I want to read your email and then take my time to respond I shall, without you knowing!

[anonymous-user]

randlemarcus said:

Use Microsoft Outlook? It's a client thing, not an email provider thing. Read receipts are part of the SMTP standard, so they are always there. Worth noting that I automatically disable read receipts from my end, and am sure I am not alone.

I find read receipts annoying. Not as bad as the delete notifications though !

[untakenname]

I use the preview pane to read emails with read receipts then copy and paste the text and reply if I need to.

My last place of work had BCC, usually you were none the wise but sometimes you could see it had happened as you would still get out of office replies from others that had been copied in, cc'ing in a load of people into emails is bad form imo if there's no introductions as to who those people are.

[Upatdawn]

the receipt is more for business-business which is handy for me

[untakenname]

I don't see how that can work, say someone uses the service above to send an email to my gmail account I'll still get a pop up on the notification pane on my phone which I can then expand and it will also go to my smartwatch where I can read it there but in gmail itself the message is still in bold and unread.

Years back it was easy to get a read receipt simply embedding some picture or script in the email which had to be fetched but most email clients block this now due to security risks.


OT but when I receive non critical emails with the urgency set to high I tend to ignore them till later, if it's unsolicited or unwelcome then I mark it as junk/spam as it helps out others as well.

[LordGrover]

Penelope Stopit said:

Unlike other Email tracking companies, we do not charge anything from our users to track email. With GetNotify.com, Tracking Email is FREE. Also our Email Tracking technique is invisible to the recipient; your email recipient will never be prompted to send you a Return Receipt.

https://getnotify.com/ Is good because there is no action required from the receiver

Knowing that someone received an important email can make a massive difference when dealing with a problem created by someone who isn't honest

News said:

20-Dec-2012: GetNotify v2.0 beta released. Please Contact us if you find any bugs/errors in new GetNotify.

Thank you

A lot has changed since 2012 - can we be confident something so 'old' is secure and safe to use?

[Penelope Stopit]

The below post of mine that you have quoted was taken from the getnotify website

LordGrover said:

Penelope Stopit said:

Unlike other Email tracking companies, we do not charge anything from our users to track email. With GetNotify.com, Tracking Email is FREE. Also our Email Tracking technique is invisible to the recipient; your email recipient will never be prompted to send you a Return Receipt.

https://getnotify.com/ Is good because there is no action required from the receiver

Knowing that someone received an important email can make a massive difference when dealing with a problem created by someone who isn't honest

News said:

20-Dec-2012: GetNotify v2.0 beta released. Please Contact us if you find any bugs/errors in new GetNotify.

Thank you

A lot has changed since 2012 - can we be confident something so 'old' is secure and safe to use?

Nothing is secure and safe on the internet, if you are using a Windows machine your PC could be compromised by simply carrying out a task before downloading the latest security updates from Microsoft

There are webpages containing information about https://getnotify.com and they have been posted to in more recent times

https://www.sillymarketer.com/2018/10/the-best-ema...

https://www.trustpilot.com/review/getnotify.com

https://www.tricksladder.com/15-top-best-email-tra...

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-track-an-email-wit...

http://scamanalyze.com/check/getnotify.com.html

Due to the method it uses of sending a small image with the mail there is every chance that it is good
Then again I am no expert on this subject, I like to play on my computer with different gadgets and educate myself

I hope this helps

Edited by Penelope Stopit on Thursday 21st February 11:59

[Jinx]

Penelope Stopit said:

Nothing is secure and safe on the internet, if you are using a Windows machine your PC could be compromised by simply carrying out a task before downloading the latest security updates from Microsoft

There are webpages containing information about https://getnotify.com and they have been posted to in more recent times

https://www.sillymarketer.com/2018/10/the-best-ema...

https://www.trustpilot.com/review/getnotify.com

https://www.tricksladder.com/15-top-best-email-tra...

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-track-an-email-wit...

http://scamanalyze.com/check/getnotify.com.html

Due to the method it uses of sending a small image with the mail there is every chance that it is good
Then again I am no expert on this subject, I like to play on my computer with different gadgets and educate myself

I hope this helps

Edited by Penelope Stopit on Thursday 21st February 11:59

Will this only work if the recipient allows images? Most email packages block images by default don't they?

[feef]

Upatdawn said:

bt yahoo has no read receipt option....msoft outlook did


any suggestions?


in on windows 10


cheers

Read receipt is not part of the email standard. Outlook supported it as part of it's integration with MS Exchange server but outside of those closed intranets, the sending of a read receipt was only ever optional, even with recipients using Outlook.

I certainly wouldn't rely on it.

The other tricks mentioned using embedded images will work to some extent, but again, if they have their mail client set to filter images or use text only mail clients, it won't work there either.

[dundarach]

If it's that important don't use email.

The first line of the email protocol I once wrote stated:

'Sending an email doesn't absolve you of responsibility'

Or something like that...