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Receive notification that recipient has opened sender's email message?

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I would like to be able to task for a notification when my Sent email message is opened by the recipient.

I would like to be able to task for a notification when my Sent email message is opened by the recipient.

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It's under Options in the Compose window's menu.

Also, see this: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Figuring_out_whether_the_recipient_read_your_message

This article is a bit out of date (I'm not sure if the MDN discussed there is still valid) but the bottom line is that it is non-trivial to get a definitive confirmation of a message having been opened. The only really easy option, the Read Receipt, is also the simplest one for the recipient to choose to ignore.

DSN is pretty much universally disabled these days.