What Are Gmail Read Receipts and How Do They Work?
April Miller
You send an email. Minutes pass. Maybe hours. Then a quiet question starts circling in your mind — did they open it?
That curiosity sits at the center of Gmail read receipts.
If you use Gmail for work, school or collaborative projects, you have likely seen the option to request a read receipt — or you may have received a prompt asking whether you would like to send one. The feature sounds simple, yet its operation involves account permissions, technical standards and user choice.
Here’s how...