
Read receipts in Canary Mail is a paid feature, so unless you're grandfathered in for free from the early days or subscribe to the Setapp suite, it costs $2.99 monthly or $19.99 annually. While I'm not positive why it's named Canary Mail, there's a cybersecurity term called canary tokens that tracks data with a hidden fingerprint of sorts, and that's how Canary Mail implements read receipts - using an invisible image. Canary MailĬanary Mail is the email client I use for daily emails, and it just happens to support read receipts.
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If you don't like the idea of being tracked yourself, I've added a section at the bottom with details on how to evade read receipt trackers too. While I focus on email tracking from an iOS and iPadOS perspective, many services also support Android, macOS, Windows, and any web browser.

However, many third-party email clients do support receiving notifications when somebody reads (or at least opens) your sent email. Apple Mail itself doesn't even offer an email tracking feature. Read receipts are popular on instant messaging services like Apple Messages (for iMessage), but they also work in some email clients, just not in the same way. It's actually easy to implement, and you may be using an email client on your device right now that supports email tracking. Select Help > Contact Support.You may not always want to, but there will probably be a time when you'll want to know if an email you send - like a job application or a support request - is opened by the recipient. Select Options > Request Receipts > Request a Delivery Receipt. Select Options > Request Receipts > Request a Read Receipt. This feature isn't available for accounts, or for IMAP or POP accounts such as Gmail, Yahoo!, or iCloud. Select Tools > Accounts to check your account type. To use this feature, you need a Microsoft 365 work or school account, or an Exchange on-premises account. Supported applications include Outlook for Microsoft 365 and Outlook 2019 for Mac version 15.35 (170610) and later (select Outlook > About Outlook to check your version). Read receipts and delivery notifications are available in only some versions of Outlook for Mac, and only when using a Microsoft 365 work or school account, or an Exchange Server account managed by your organization. Outlook for Microsoft 365 for Mac Outlook 2021 for Mac Outlook 2019 for Mac Outlook 2016 for Mac More.
