In the Tracking section, click the checkbox for Request a Delivery Receipt and/or Request a Read Receipt.
From your new email, click the Options tab.
In Outlook 2013/2016 To apply to a single message:
Click the checkbox for Request a delivery receipt and/or Request a read receipt.
The recipient has the option of declining the sending of receipts, and not all email programs support delivery and read receipts, so it’s best to use these only when necessary and when you know the recipient has the capability of sending receipts–like when your recipient is a colleague and you’re both using Outlook with Exchange. Delivery receipts will indicate that your email was or wasn’t delivered to the recipient’s mailbox it will show you that the message reached their email server, but doesn’t necessarily mean it’s in the user’s inbox. Read receipts will indicate whether the email was opened, and are sent directly from the user who opens the email. The difference between delivery receipts and read receipts The video above shows these methods, and you can also find instructions below. Select Mail from the left sidebar to open your email settings. Outlook provides the capability to track emails and get delivery and read receipts for all emails you send and for single messages. Launch Outlook on your computer, click on the File tab at the top, and click on Options in the left sidebar. But if you have an important message it can be useful to know whether the message has been delivered and/or read. The Outlook screen has other options scattered throughout that let you. If we get a response, that usually suffices. Opens a sheet in which you can request a delivery or read receipt as well as. Most of us spend our days firing off emails without much consideration for how or when they are delivered.