In Outlook for Windows, why am I receiving email saying that a message has been opened by the recipient?

In Outlook, you may receive notification that a message you sent has been read (a "read receipt"). If you do not wish to be notified when a message that you send has been received or read, you can change these options by following the appropriate steps below:

Outlook 98, 2000, 2002, or 2003

1. From the Tools menu, select Options... .
   
   
2. Under the Preferences tab, click E-mail Options... .
   
   
3. Click Tracking Options... .
   
   
4. Uncheck the boxes beside Read receipt and Delivery receipt, and then click OK to clear all the dialog boxes.

Outlook 97

1. From the Tools menu, select Options... .
   
   
2. Click the Sending tab. Under "Tracking Options", uncheck both Tell me when all messages have been read and Tell me when all messages have been delivered.

Also see:

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• In Microsoft Outlook 2000 and later for Windows, how do I turn Wordmail on or off?
• What is Microsoft Outlook?
• In Microsoft Outlook 2000 and earlier for Windows, how do I fix an "exceeding limit" or "size limit" error?