Can I tell if email I sent has been read by the recipient?

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There are some website that both you and recipient use that will confirm the time/date/length of visit to email generated within the website. Has worked for me in the past

mstag: this (i use the free edition) works just great, as long as you are sending using smtp

http://www.msgtag.com/products/free/

That tool will not work unless the recipients allow images to be displayed in their email. The default for many mail clients now is to NOT display images, and hence you'll never know if those recipients opened your mail or not.

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How can I know if my girlfriend open my email account and read my email, then mark it as unread?

You can't. This article has more: http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_know_if_someone_is_opening_my_email_before_i_read_it_then_marking_it_as_unread.html

I agree with you the way you view the issue. I remember Jack London once said everything positive has a negative side; everything negative has positive side. It is also interesting to see different viewpoints & learn useful things in the discussion.

How can I tell the email sent to gmail has been read by the recipient? Can you help me? thanks.

You cannot.

I've always wondered about the same doubt of how can i get notified if my email recipient has opened and read the mail 'n' got this reference site in search engine. i think that owing to different platforms of os, browsers and service providers, it is a bit difficult to get confirmation of the whether your e-mail recipient has opened your mail. i'm working out about various firewall sneaks and blackholes through different os on mail servers and browser settings. may be in the near future, if not completely i may get some or other way to do the same.
thanx to ask-leo.com: provided me very good information.

I received an email from an address I know. Is there any way to tell what company the email was sent from (it was used in a personal email account). Will the IP Address state if the email was sent, lets say, from a university or business office and not from home.

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