Read Return Receipt in Mail

I know this has been hashed out many times which just goes to show that it is a topic of interest. Does anyone know of any work being done which would provide a user-selectable check on whether the sender wants to have a read receipt added to his delivery? Additionally, when the recipient receives such a request he/she can on a user-address basis enable/disable it without going into terminal mode.
There are many othe rissues with mail, such as very poor language functions/dictionaries etc. Outlook did not become prevalent overnight. But if Mail wants to be a serious contender it needs to address some of what other mailers provide.
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How can I obtain a return receipt using Mail?

I have never had to use a password as the administrator of my imac. I simply clicked OK without filling it in and it worked just fine. I downloaded Mavericks, and I was asked to enter the password as the administrator. I cannot do so. How do I fix this?

I'm confused. Your question has NOTHING to do with the subject title.
1) You cannot obtain a return receipt using Mail. That functionality does not exist.
2) If your admin password is blank, then just hit return. I cannot believe you have NEVER seen an administrator password prompt in normal use of the OS, unless you've only used OS X for an hour total.

HT2500 How do I get a return receipt with Mail?

I want to be sure that someone reads the e-mail I am sending. In my old system (Windows Outlook) I was able to check a box to get a return receipt. I've looked all over Mail, including the help system, and can find no instructions on this. I can't imagine this important feature has been omitted from the program, but I cannot find it anywhere!
Terrible fail, Apple help!
Anyone out there know how to do this? Thanks for the help!
Best Regards,
Jim

Austin,
Thanks for the info. I was vainly hoping Apple actually had the feature in the program. Sadly, this looks like a fail all the way 'round. I know a return receipt doesn't guarantee anything, but it at least gives me some level of knowing someone got the message. Sadly, Apple simply doesn't support the feature.
Fail, Apple. Fail!
Jim

Return Receipt in Mail

Hi. Am I missing out on a feature which allows us to request a return receipt whn received, read, etc? I could use it right now.
I hope that Leopard Mail will feature it.
Thanks.
MacBook Pro 2.16 Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2 gb ram

i have a follow up question. I continue to get return receipts from various recipients though i can't tell why. I've never used Terminal so I haven't entered any of that stuff. As others have noted, there's nothing in Mac MAil that seems to be doing this. Do you have any ideas why I get return receipts from all these people? I'd really rather not.

Message Read Return Receipt

I am switching to mac from windows. One of the things I am missing is how to request an automatic "message read" receipt from the recipiant after they have opened the email. Thanks for any help

OK guys, here is something that you may like. Please copy the following text into the Applescript editor, compile it and run it and have fun with all those nice return receipts ...
Ody
This script is based upon the Standard Apple Script "Create New Mail" located in the folder
/library/scripts/Mail Scripts. I have deleted the unneccesary parts (at least for this purpose).
The script assumes that you multiple mail identities (accounts), so as in the original script,
the modified script asks you to select the account from which the email should be sent.
The rest of the script I've either deleted or is pretty much the same as the original.
The only "innovation" you see in line 22. Since we know the sender through the selection procedure,
I afterwards added a new line "\n" and then the required headerline (Disposition-Noticiation-To:)
together with the senders email that we already know. Please take care that theSender that
comes out of your address book doesn't contain single or double quotation marks. In this case
the mail will be sent out but the recipient will see no receipt request. When you compile this routine
- what you definitely have to do - you will see that "\n" vanished and the rest of the former line
(Disposition-Notification-To ...) is now in line 23. Don't worry the \n that forces a new line in the outgoing
mail is still there and active.
Now you have to add a new rule to mark the mails where you have requested a Notification.
Within "Create New Rules" you have to edit the header and add a new Headertype named
"Disposition-Notification-To". The rule is simple: if a mail contains an @-sign in this headerline
colour it as you like. Now you not only will see within your sent items the mails where you have
requested a return receipt from addressee but also in the Inbox the mails where the sender
asks you send him a return receipt
After the script has been compiled and saved you can run it from within the editor. You will se blank
email window poping up. Now just write your email select the addressee and that's it.
The script below is an example for "New Email & Receipt" If you want to be perfect you can do the
same with "Answer & Receipt", "Answer to All & Receipt" and "Forward & Receipt" and by using iKey2
or something similar you can run those scripts from an external menu or Hot-key. If you like you can
try to start the script(s) from within Mail Act-On. But my Apple Mail always crashes when I tried to do this.
This has been tested on Intel Mac under 10.4.7 together with Exchange 2003 and Exim as a Mailserver
Good luck - Ody
tell application "Mail"
set listOfSenders to {}
set everyAccount to every account
repeat with eachAccount in everyAccount
set everyEmailAddress to email addresses of eachAccount
if (everyEmailAddress is not equal to missing value) then
repeat with eachEmailAddress in everyEmailAddress
set listOfSenders to listOfSenders & {(full name of eachAccount & " <"Which account would you like to send this message from?" without multiple selections allowed
if theResult is not equal to false then
set theSender to item 1 of theResult
tell application "Mail"
set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {}
tell newMessage
set visible to true
set sender to theSender & "\nDisposition-Notification-To: " & theSender
end tell
activate
end tell
end if<br>
iMac, MacBook Pro, iPod Video 60GB Mac OS X (10.4.7)

How can I BLOCK others from receiving return receipts on mail they send me?

I would rather others not know when I read their emails. Can Mail block return receipts?
I searched for an existing string on this and didn't find one. Excuse me if I missed one.

As Allan said, Mail does not support receipts, but sometimes HTML messages download images from a server, and this connection could be used to confirm that the message was opened. To prevent that,
Preferences > Viewing, Un-check "Display remote images in HTML messages".

Return receipts in mail?

How can you set that up to have RR in mail?

It is NOT a feature of mail
there is a way to cause return receipts for ALL mail you send - see this thread - http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4602912#4602912
LN

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how can one set mail to mark that mail has been read by recipient

Check the forum first The answer is here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=713255&#713255

Return receipt

Hello,
many users had the problem to activate the option of the return receipt for Mail client.
The setting from terminal window suggested at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKRZnrWoX64&noredirect=1
does not work for my Mac (10.8.5).
Is there any other way?
Thanks
Federico

zipper,
without getting into the discussion about whether or not this is a good feature, take a look at the following thread here which shows how to enable a read receipt for every message you send - provided the recipient's client supports this and the user has enabled the receipts:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=713245#713245
Andreas

Does Apple Mail have a "return receipt" feature similar to Outlook?

Does Apple Mail have a "return receipt" feature similar to Outlook?

No. But there are ways around it:
How to Request Read Receipts in Mac OS X Mail - About Email
Generate 'Read Receipts' in Mail.app - Mac OS X Hints
http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtips/qt/et_request_recp.htm

Return receipt for the purchase order through mail

Hello Friends,
Can anybody tell me How to receive the return receipt for the purchase order through mail.

What is the type of Inbound document? Is a Return receipt mail can post in to SAP. I have done for my company thro' Idoc after carefully considering many ways. PO only can be triggered to supplier thro' mail.I am not sure.
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Mail App return receipt

Can you set up the mail app in Panther to give you a return receipt for outgoing mail?

There is a plugin for Jaguar/Panther Mail called MailPriority which can be downloaded at the following link.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/14967
MailPriority is a plug-in for Mail.app on 10.2 and 10.3 providing a simple interface to set Priorities for outgoing messages, colorize messages in the message list and to request read receipts. (You only get a receipt, if the receiving mail client supports this feature and the recipient enables this option.)

Mail - return receipt

Is there a way in mail to set up for a return receipt when the recipient either receives or reads the message sent to them? The mail box with the internet provider provides this functionality when I use their webmail application. The provider is FUSE with Cincinnati Bell

There's one third-party program I know of that works with Mail to provide this functionality - it's called "MailPriority":
http://home.tiscalinet.ch/david.frank/projects/mailpriority/
It works by setting the Disposition-Notification-To header (which you can do manually also). It's not fully functional, however, as described by the developer: "Sending receipt requests is not implemented yet (only requesting receipts from others)."
There may be other third-party solutions - you might try searching on the VersionTracker or MacUpdate websites.
You might also find this prior post helpful:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=713245#713245
Good luck!

Return Receipt (Mail 3.3)

There are often times when I need to know if someone has at least received my email. Is there any way to get a return receipt for email that has been sent from Apple Mail 3.3? My work email allows me to check if I want a return receipt. I have looked in the help menu and may be searching the wrong terms because I can't find anything there.

I agree that (1) a return receipt feature would be nice, (2) that receiving email with a "return receipt" demand is annoying, (3) a return receipt that the recipient can decline AND read the email is worthless.
Thunderbird, which looks like a much smarter free client than Apple Mail, allows you to request a receipt on a case-by-case basis. I agree setting it globally makes one look rather overly anxious. Also, I'm not sure Apple Mail even honors incoming receipt requests!
I want something that works like old-fashioned certified mail: the recipient can sign for and read or decline and NOT read the message. I get date-stamped notice either way. It might also send you a notice that an email has not been picked up after a certain interval and has presumably been lost. This addresses the lost-mail scenario and is useful in the situation where the recipient pretends not to receive emails and blamed the sender (as you might suppose, a phone call is not a good alternative with such a person). The who-said-what-when can be invaluable, not just in litiagtion contexts but in figuring out where communication broke down so that it doesn't happen again. The log should be created automatically.
So, no email client can really fix this. (Apple mail should still have the option to request receipt!) The only way I can see for this to work is to go through a 3rd party. Ideas?
For now, yes, request a reply when it's important!!!!
One alternative I hate to mention is the "bug" the emails. Services such as didtheyreadit embed invisible images or html tricks in emails and report back every time the message is opened or forwarded, including time, date, IP address, and other details. Maybe this doesn't break the law in that it doesn't reveal private information about the person's computer etc. any more than their picking up the phone does, BUT I dislike it and think the recipient should, as with certified mail, have a chance to decline seeing the message altogether. Perhaps one could bug AND advise the recipient that you do so. At least it is automatic and provides a 3rd-person log that you can point to in a dispute and not be accused of fabricating. Not that I know personally, ahem, but it does work quite well provided the recipient doesn't know how to block it. Admissible in court? I'm not sure.

Does Mail (for Lion) have a return receipt function?

i was wondering whether Mail (for Lion) have a return receipt function. I've seen many negative answers, but they're all from 2007 and earlier. How can I configure for some of my messages to have return receipts?

chrisrdc wrote:
Yeah, I do have the home and student Office version, but the trial version for outlook included in the package does not include this feature. Is is available only with the "real"version?
I'm not sure there is a forum for Office for Mac Product Forums, I'd recommend posting there is no one here is able to help.

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