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

Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2008-02-02

2008-02-02T19:35:55Z

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As I keep saying again and again these techniques all rely
on images being viewed by your recipient. If the recipient
does not view images then there is *no way* to determine
whether they've opened your email. Period.

I'm closing comments on this article because too many people
keep posting false and misleading information.

Leo

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Comment from Nancy on 2008-01-28

2008-01-29T02:16:00Z

There's another way to tell if your email has been read. Through spypig you can tell if your email has been read. the process has been detailed at techbanyan here
http://www.techbanyan.com/archives/138

Comment from Boo on 2007-11-19

2007-11-19T09:34:11Z

Seems Leo doesn't know too much. It's simple. Just go to Msgtag.com & download their free software. It works if you fall in the categories that they say it will work in. Very nifty program - I use it & it works great.

Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-10-01

2007-10-02T00:40:21Z

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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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Comment from mathilda on 2007-09-28

2007-09-28T21:54:19Z

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

Comment from rincy on 2007-06-23

2007-06-23T10:52:07Z

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

Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-03-19

2007-03-20T00:45:09Z

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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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Comment from Lynne on 2007-03-19

2007-03-19T21:43:54Z

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?

Comment from Shingenge on 2007-02-22

2007-02-22T19:20:41Z

Can I track the IP address of the email sender?

Comment from rakesh on 2007-02-20

2007-02-21T07:24:19Z

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

Comment from mike waugh on 2007-02-09

2007-02-10T05:14:06Z

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??

Comment from Kathy Lou on 2007-01-22

2007-01-22T22:41:48Z

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.

Comment from Leo on 2006-04-28

2006-04-29T01:00:53Z

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

Comment from andy on 2006-04-27

2006-04-28T02:20:26Z

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.

Comment from Akthar, pgrl on 2006-03-19

2006-03-19T10:12:35Z

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.

Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2006-01-11

2006-01-11T16:15:14Z

You cannot.

Comment from sd on 2006-01-11

2006-01-11T09:21:52Z

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

Comment from extender on 2005-11-10

2005-11-10T14:55:31Z

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.

Comment from Leo on 2005-10-12

2005-10-13T04:49:01Z

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

Comment from khir on 2005-10-12

2005-10-13T04:37:57Z

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

Comment from Leo on 2005-10-12

2005-10-13T03:55:48Z

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.

Comment from bob on 2005-10-12

2005-10-13T03:45:07Z

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

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

Comment from computer guy on 2005-10-04

2005-10-05T01:01:11Z

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