Are you spying on me?

Have you ever received an e-mail message from someone who knew exactly what time you read their e-mail? Okay, technically they are not spying on you, but it is good to know if someone has requested read receipts on e-mail messages they have sent you. If you are interested in knowing who has activated their read receipt function, here's how you can customize your Outlook Inbox so you can see, at a glance, which messages have read receipts attached!

Outlook 2000\XP

• Open Microsoft Outlook
• Left click on the view menu
• Point to (highlight) Toolbars
• Click Advanced to show the Advanced toolbar.
• On the Advanced toolbar, click Field Chooser.
• In the Field Chooser drop-down box, select All Mail Fields.
• Scroll down until you see Receipt Requested.
• Single left click Receipt Requested and drag it onto the column heading in your Inbox. The double red arrows indicate where the column will be placed when you release the mouse.
• Close the Field Chooser box.

Now you'll see a new column in your Inbox with the label Receipt Requested that will have a Yes in it when the message has a read receipt request attached or a No if it does not.