<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" id="mail-read-receipts" xml:lang="en-GB"> <info> <desc>How to enable requesting read receipts.</desc> <link type="guide" xref="index#mail-advanced"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-imap-plus#composing-messages"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-local-delivery#composing-messages"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-maildir-format-directories#composing-messages"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-mh-format-directories#composing-messages"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-pop#composing-messages"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-unix-mbox-spool-directory#composing-messages"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-unix-mbox-spool-file#composing-messages"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-usenet-news#composing-messages"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-microsoft-exchange-evo-mapi#composing-messages"/> <link type="guide" xref="mail-account-manage-microsoft-exchange-evo-ews#composing-messages"/> <revision pkgversion="3.25.90" version="0.3" date="2017-07-28" status="final"/> <credit type="author"> <name its:translate="no">April Gonzales</name> <email its:translate="no">loonycookie@gmail.com</email> </credit> <credit type="author"> <name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name> <email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email> </credit> <include xmlns="https://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/> </info> <title>Read receipts for emails</title> <p>Read receipts are a way for people to acknowledge that they have received your email. The recipient can normally choose whether to acknowledge the receipt or not, so they are not a completely reliable way of checking if your emails have been received by someone.</p> <p>You can request read receipts by selecting <guiseq><gui>Options</gui><gui>Request Read Receipt</gui></guiseq> in the menu of the composer window or clicking the corresponding toolbar icon.</p> <p>For read receipts that you receive you can define <app>Evolution</app>'s behavior under <gui>Message Receipts</gui> in the <gui>Composing Messages</gui> section of the <link xref="mail-account-management">account preferences</link>.</p> </page>