Compose a new message.

Go to theOptionstab and select theRequest a Delivery Receiptcheck box.

If you want to know if the recipient reads the email message, select theRequest a Read Receiptcheck box.

Composing an email in Outlook.

Go to theFiletab and selectOptions.

In theTrackingsection, select theDelivery receipt confirming the message was delivered to the recipient’s email servercheck box.

To request a read receipt, select theRead receipt confirming the recipient viewed the messagecheck box.

Selecting a delivery receipt in an email.

Recipients have the choice to send a read receipt or not.

If they see this request with every message, they areless likely to send a read receipt.

SelectOKto close theOutlook Optionsdialog box.

The options menu in Outlook.

To view the responses, go to theSent Itemsfolder and initiate the original message in a separate window.

Go to theMessagetab and, in theShowgroup, selectTracking.

UnderTracking, selectDelivery receipt confirming the message was delivered to the recipient’s email server.

Viewing mail option in Outlook.

Turning on delivery receipt for all emails in Outlook.