

This means that Outlook will take care of read or delivery receipts as soon at the same time your emails are downloaded. Outlook 2003's default settings are to Process requests and responses on arrival.

Outlook 2003's Tracking Options describe how Outlook should by default handle read receipts and delivery receipts, both requested by you or by your email correspondents. Tracking Options in Outlook 2003 (Read & Delivery Receipts) Receiving a notification from Outlook 2003 that your email was deleted without being read can be misleading: if the email was read faster than the time lapse needed to mark it as Read, the email will in fact have been read in spite of this notice. Read receipts and delivery receipts in Outlook 2003 have a special icon, pictured left. Your recipients' mail server and email client settings will often be the reason you have not received a read or delivery confirmation. While receiving a read receipt (or delivery receipt) confirmation can be taken at face value, not receiving one is inconclusive. Delivery Receipts confirm that your email was successfully delivered to the recipient's mail server.

Read Receipts confirm that the email was displayed for at least as long as needed to be marked as "Read" (see caveats below). Outlook 2003 offers two ways to confirm that your emails have been successfully delivered. Overview of Tracking Features in Outlook 2003
