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

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Maybe. Maybe not. It depends on too many things. Grab the IP out of the email headers, and see where it resolves to.

just found u, great!!! My computer prompts me with check mail you've sent, you have a hundred unread messages(this really strokes my ego) & suggests I delete them but how can I when I don't know who's read what? Thanks Leo, really.

on my sympatico email,you have to click on a box that will save sent msg....if i 4get to clik on this box..is there any way to retriev the msg..to see what i hav sent??

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

did u please know me the setting on my mail id.

Thanks,
Rakesh

Can I track the IP address of the email sender?

On the same topic, does an auto response (on vacation) from recipiant of my email actually mean that they did indeed get my email, or could it have gone into their spam/bulk folder and not have been seen?

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There's no way to know. I'd expect it means it got delivered, BUT:

- - that's an assumption and could easily be wrong. It might not be true for all
mail systems and mail programs

- - there's still no guarantee that on returning from vacation or whatever the
recipient actually found, opened and read the mail.

Leo
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i already sent an email to my friend .but when i open her email there cannot see that message. why

Has anyone tried www.spypig.com? It's a free email tracking service. How good and reliable is it? Is it safe to use?

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Short answer: all email tracking services are unreliable. Longer answer:
http://ask-leo.com/do_email_tracking_services_work.html

Leo

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