Email Receipt

     If you're emailing someone an important piece of correspondence, you want to make sure it arrives in the addressee's inbox, and not in their spam folder.  If you've sent someone an important email, I'll bet you've called them shortly afterward and ask, "Did you get my email?"  If there's not an important attachment, you've just wasted time since you could have called in the first place.

     Before you send your email, you should be able to click a button that says "Options" or "Delivery Options."  When you do, be sure to check the boxes that say "Send a delivery receipt" and "Send a read receipt."  This might not be the exact wording that you'll find in your email provider, but it's close.

     When the email hits the recipient's mailbox, you will get an email stating that your message has been delivered if you've chosen "Send a delivery receipt."  This way, you'll know it didn't get caught by the spam filter.  If you've checked the "Send a read receipt," you'll get another email stating that your email has been opened and (hopefully) read by the intended recipient.

     This simple practice eliminates the "I didn't get the email" excuse from individuals to whom you've sent correspondence.  But beware...it also holds you accountable.  You can no longer say that you didn't receive the mail when you've opened it and read it...and the person who sent it to you knows you did.

© Michael V. Ziemski, Instrumediatech, 2008 (Original Publication Date: 20080512)