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Sneaky delivered and read confirmations

Delivery conformation for postal service makes sense, but in emails not so much. Although this feature is abused by many project mangers, in this features defense, it was designed to be used by senders to check if their messages were caught in a spam filters. Read responses on the other hand goes a little too far, specially as its a recording of a reader’s behavior without reader’s permission.

To turn off this option in your Microsoft Exchange profile, perform the following steps:

1. Go to “Tools” menu.
   
   
   
   
2. Click “Options …”.
   
   
   
   
3. An “Options” window should appear.
   
   
   
   
4. In the “Options” window, click on “E-mail Options …” button.
   
   
   
   
5. An “E-mail Options” window should appear.
   
   
   
   
6. In the “E-mail Options” window, click on “Tracking Options …” button.
   
   
   
   
7. A “Tracking Options” window should appear.
   
   
   
   
8. Uncheck “Process requests and responses on arrival”.
9. Uncheck “Process receipts on arrival”
10. Select the radio button for “Never send a response”
11. Click “OK” button in “Tracking Options” window.
12. Click “OK” button in “E-mail Options” window.
13. Click “Apply” button in “Options” window, once the button is grayed out, then click the “OK” button.