![]() There is also an option to add the same extension to your Android phone if you have one and would like. This last page tells you that and allows you to click a button to simply open up your Gmail account. I, of course, chose the free option and clicked that ”Sign Up Free” button!Ĭongrats! You are now signed up and the extension has been added to your Gmail account. If you’re a business user, you may want to look into one of the paid-for options or adding teams. Once you’ve made your decision, click the blue ”Allow” button.ĭon’t be intimidated by the next page! If you are just a “personal” user, you will only need the free account. ![]() Google itself recommends this extension, so I trust it. You can read the Terms of Service for Mailtrack on this page if you have not already done so. The page will ask if you are sure you trust the extension, for safety reasons. Next up is granting Mailtrack access to your Google account. Go ahead and choose which Google account to connect the extension to (if you have more than one), and confirm your password to sign in. The Getting Started page is going to first tell you that you have to connect to your Gmail account. Just click THIS LINK to go straight to it and then click the blue ”Add to Chrome” button.Īs soon as it finishes adding itself, two windows will pop open automatically on the computer: your primary (signed in) Gmail account, and the ”Getting Started” page for the Mailtrack Extension.įirst, click your Gmail tab and click the blue ”enable” box. To make this magic happen, you’re going to need to add the ”Mailtrack” extension to Chrome from the Chrome Webstore before you can activate it. Yeehaw! This is the method I will be using from now on. There is a Chrome extension available to plug right into your Gmail. How to Request a Read Receipt in Gmail Using a Chrome Extension I’m going to show you the easiest way to accomplish your goal, using an extension called Mailtrack within Google Chrome. ![]() However, all is not lost! If you are a Gmail user, there are still a couple of options other than loading Gmail through a desktop client that you may not wish to use (such as Outlook). Nearly every email program I have used offers read receipts. Step 3: If the recipient agreed to send a read receipt, the message in the sender’s inbox will be updated automatically with the exact date and time when the message was read.Sadly, Gmail itself does not have this function included. Step 2: The email recipient opens the message and when he is done reading, Gmail pops-up a notification asking whether or not they would like to send a read receipt to the sender. Step 1: The sender, while composing a new email message, checks the “Request Read Receipt” option. ![]() Here’s a quick walkthrough on how you can track your emails with Gmail using Read Receipts. You may choose to send Read Receipts to senders within your organization, where everyone is on Google Apps, or even to external addresses that may be on different email system (like from Gmail to Microsoft Outlook). The read receipts feature is available in Google Apps for Business. If you have a free Gmail or Google Apps account, you can enable tracking either using a URL shortener or embed a tracking image in your email messages. Read receipts aren’t sent automatically, unless enabled by the domain administrator, and it for the email recipient to decide whether or not they would like to notify the sender that the message was delivered and read. Like Microsoft Outlook, Gmail has enabled email tracking in the Business edition of Google Apps to help users know the exact date and time where their email was opened and read by the recipient(s). Would you like to know if the sales presentation you just sent to your boss and other co-workers has been read or not? Now you can if you are using Gmail with the Google Apps for Business edition. ![]()
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