http://blogs.office.com/b/crabby_office_lady/archive/2011/05/20/read-receipts.aspxWhen you put all that work into writing the perfect email message, it's nice to know that someone has received and read it. Outlook has a feature that can help with that, but it's a two-way street: Your recipient has to be willing to play the game tooen-USTelligent Community 1.5.134.15456 (Build: 5.5.134.15456)http://blogs.office.com/b/crabby_office_lady/archive/2011/05/20/read-receipts.aspx#25897Sun, 22 May 2011 13:39:15 GMT53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:25897Huw Jones<p>In my opinion this option can easily be over-used, and if you are going to use it you need to have clear reasons why. For example, if project work is being undertaken by a group of people in different locations, and there&#39;s a tight deadline, then there&#39;s a good reason to know if an e-mail has been read. I have, however, known people set the system up to request a read receipt for all their e-mails, which made me refuse all the requests as a matter of principle. On the other hand I remember an incident when the obligatory office bore became indignant when he realised than an AD had deleted one of his e-mails without even reading it, so it can have unintended comic potential as well.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=25897" width="1" height="1">