Request Read Receipts in Outlook
Outlook is Microsoft’s full-featured personal information manager. While it’s used mainly as an email client, it also has calendaring, journaling, contact management, and other functions. Outlook is available as part of the Microsoft Office suite for Windows PCs and Macs as well as Microsoft 365 online.
Request Read Receipts for All Messages in Outlook on a PC
With Outlook on a Windows 10 PC, you can request read receipts for all messages you send or only individual messages. Here’s how to set the default for read-receipt requests on all messages:
Request Individual Read Receipts Using Outlook on a PC
If you prefer to request read receipts for individual messages, here’s what to do on a Windows 10 PC:
Request Read Receipts Using Outlook on a Mac
Outlook for Mac can’t set read-receipt requests as a default. However, you can request read receipts for individual messages in Outlook for Microsoft 365 for Mac or Outlook 2019 for Mac version 15.35 or later.
About Receipts for Outlook.com and Outlook on the Web
Outlook.com is the free webmail version of the Microsoft Outlook email client. There’s no option to request a read receipt, either by default or individually, in a regular Outlook.com account or Outlook on the web via a personal Microsoft 365 account. You can, however, request read receipts if you have an Exchange server account as part of your Microsoft 365 setup when accessing Outlook on the web. Here’s how:
