Request Read Receipts for Specific Outgoing Emails: MS Outlook
by Carol Bratt on March, 2 2006 at 08:03AM EST
Do you have a list of important people in MS Outlook? Do you need to a way to automatically request a "Read Receipt" for these people (but not everyone you email)?
In that case, you can set up a specialized "After Sending" Mail Rule:
- Click Tools | Rules and Alerts, and select New Rule; this will start the Open Rules Wizard.
- Select the option to 'Start from a Blank Rule' (near the top of the Window); also choose the 'check messages after sending' option. Click next.
- In the Conditions window Step #1, checkmark "sent to people or distribution list". In Step #2, click the link to "sent to people or distribution list" and choose your list of people. When complete, click Next.
- In the Actions Window, checkmark "Notify me when it's read". Click next.
- Save the rule.
- Keep Clicking OK until the Rules Wizard closes.
Now every message you send that meets the rule criteria will enforce read receipts on a specific set of email addresses. Neat, huh?
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