- On the Outlook for Windows ribbon Options tab there’s a ‘Request a Read Receipt’ option. Outlook for Mac Read Receipt. Outlook for Mac it’s also on the Options tab. Read and Delivery receipts are very new in Outlook for Mac. Outlook 2016 for Mac, Office 365, version 15.34 (170515) and later.
- Read receipts – Ensure that important email was read by key recipients. As a reminder, the new Outlook for Mac is only available for Office 365, Outlook.com, and Google accounts using macOS 10.14 Mojave and above. If you are having account issues.
An upcoming release of Outlook 2016 for Mac will get something that Outlook/Windows users take for granted: Read Receipts and Delivery Receipts.
Request a read receipt In Outlook 2016 for MacOutlook 2016 for Mac, compose your message. Select Options Request Receipts Request a Read Receipt.
It’s hard to believe but the current and past versions of Outlook for Mac don’t have these features.
Source: Microsoft
The feature is now available in Outlook 2016 for Mac with the Slow Insiders version 15.34 (170515). Drag and Drop item creation has also been added.
Delivery Receipt – a message comes back saying the email was accepted by the mail host for delivery.
Read Receipt – a message comes back when the email was marked as Read.
Neither Receipt is particularly reliable in practice. A message might be accepted for delivery but then removed or moved by a spam filter. The receiver can choose to not send a read receipt back.
Read Receipt In Outlook 2016
Long wait for Mac users
It’s taken Microsoft six years to add a standard email feature. Outlook for Mac users must be a very patient lot.
Microsoft is boasting that adding Receipts answers the most common Outlook/Mac feature request. Little wonder, since it’s a key part of email, especially for business users.
MS says no way...
It's a really feeble protocol, and good that Entourage or Outlook does not (pretend to) implement it. The fact that Outlook for Windows implements it is an indication that the Windows developers, unlike the MacBU, seem to think that everybody else in the world uses Outlook for Windows, which they don't.
Possibly...
There are some third party options you can try.
https://returnreceipt.com
http://www.getnotify.com
http://www.readnotify.com/readnotify/text/faq.asp
I, like 99.9% of the world never respond to that request. 🙂
Delivery Receipt In Outlook 2016
Jan 21, 2015 10:12 AM
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