Recipients who occasionally receive a notification that a read receipt is requested on your e-mail message are less likely to turn off all read receipts for future messages. Track a single message In the message, on the Options tab, in the Tracking group,

Request Read Receipts Automatically . You can also make read receipts a default option in Windows Live Mail, Windows Mail, or Outlook Express so that a receipt is requested automatically for every message you send.

1. Launch Outlook and draft a new email message. 2. Before you send the email, click "Options" at the top of the message window. 3. Click the checkbox for "Request a Read Receipt."