Read receipts in Outlook.com
Applies ToOutlook.com

You can't request a read receipt in Outlook.com, but you can request read receipts for Outlook.com messages sent using Outlook for Windows. To learn how, see Add and request read receipts and delivery notifications.

To choose how Outlook.com responds to read receipt requests:

  1. Select Settings  SettingsView all Outlook settings.

  2. Select Mail > Message handling.

  3. Under Read receipts, choose how to respond to requests for read receipts.

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