Change how Outlook processes read receipts and meeting responses

There are several types of Outlook items you might not want to see in your inbox, yet you still want to track them. For example:

• Meeting acceptances and declines
• Read receipts
• Delivery receipts
• Poll responses

By default, Outlook automatically processes meeting and poll responses so you won't see those emails in your inbox. If Outlook doesn't process them automatically, or you want to turn off the automatic processing, use the following steps.

1. Select File >Options >Mail.
2. Scroll down to the Tracking section.

• Check the Delivery receipt confirming the message was delivered to the recipient's email server box and the Read receipt confirming the recipient viewed the message boxes request a delivery receipt and a read receipt, respectively, for all messages you send.

• You can choose one of three default behaviors when someone sends you a message with a read receipt:
  • Always send a read receipt
  • Never send a read receipt
  • Ask each time whether to send a read receipt