Have you ever been in a situation where you send an important email, wait several
days for a reply and nothing comes back? “Was the message even delivered”, you
start to ask? And eventually, wonder why the message has been ignored. Stay
focused, there are two ways to find out.
The first option is using some form of tracking that is inbuilt in many of the email
clients. We want to show you, how can you use this function in eM Client. While
composing any message, navigate to the right part of the screen. There is a circle
with three dots within. Once you click on the circle a new context menu appears.
The two options at the top are what we are looking for. You can either request a
delivery receipt or a read receipt.
What are delivery and read receipts?
Delivery receipt allows you to confirm the message has been delivered and the
read receipt should notify you a message has been read, right? It is not that
simple. While having a delivery receipt for each of your messages may sound
useful, many email providers are letting this function go. All emails are considered
as delivered and you are usually notified only when a server fails to deliver your
message. So, requesting a delivery receipt has become a bit redundant.
Requesting a read receipt also behaves differently than you might expect. The idea
behind this function dates back to the 1990s Outlook. Sending an email with a read
receipt means the email is sent with a formal request to confirm the email has been
read. The problem here is there is no way for you to tell whether your read receipt
was denied, ignored, or the message was not read. That creates unnecessary
confusion.
The second option would be to use some form of third-party mail tracking
application. This approach usually uses tracking pixels in your message. Once the
message is opened, the sender is notified back via automatic response. It is a very
powerful tool and is often misused in marketing and generally any field that can
benefit from some form of tracking. There have even been attempts to
reduce this practice legally, but for general users, the very best protection is to
disable the automatic loading of pictures, which is the default behavior in eM Client.
How to get a read receipt in Gmail
Inside Gmail webmail there's an easy way how to request read receipt in Gmail.
How to add read receipt in Gmail?
- Open Gmail webmail
- Click Compose
- Write up your email as usual
- AT the bottom, open More options and then Request read receipt gmail
How to tell if someone read your email on Gmail? Simple! Once you send your message out with the read receipt request, you will get an email confirmation once the recipient has read your message. But using the webmail is not the only way to get read receipts Gmail.
Email app with read receipt
Generally speaking, almost any email client can use some form of tracking. Both
described methods are useful tools, and while one seems a little dated, the other
is quite aggressive and invasive. You can be assured eM Client is more than capable
to protect your privacy while also allowing the basic form of tracking. It can provide
all the functionality you may need in one attractive package.