Hi Tony and all, here are all of the options: Options Spelling Security Connection Maintenance General Read Receipts Send Compose Signatures Requesting Read Receipts Use this option to verify when a message has been read by the recipient. Request a read receipt for all sent messages Returning Read Receipts Never send a read receipt Notify me for each read receipt request Always send a read receipt Unless it is sent to a mailing list and my name is not on the To or Cc lines of the message Secure Receipts Secure receipts allow to you verify that a digitally signed message was free of security errors and displayed on the recipient's computer. Secure Receipts... OK Cancel Apply However, people have been given out to over the receipt requests that were generated to list members when emails containing them were sent to lists. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Sweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 4:19 PM Subject: [vip_students] Requesting Read Receipt Hi All, I have just sent a mail to someone requesting a reply that he whenever has read my mail! I am using OE and wonder in the tools menu or other how I have to specify if it is a once-off receipt, in other words, I request one say each time or can I have OE configured that it will always request a receipt except hopefully where lists such as this are concerned? Tony