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Gmail Read Receipt

I have 3 old ntlworld.com email addresses that have always sufficed together with MS Live Mail client on my PC. Recently however the client has been unable to retrieve the emails from VM along with millions of other users.
I also have gmail accounts that I use for financial matters that I now intend using more often. Unfortunately because they are personal email accounts ie. gmail.com, they do not have the read receipt facility. 
Does anyone that uses gmail.com have a solution to install third party software / app to provide said facility.

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  • ballyblack
    ballyblack Posts: 5,155 Forumite
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    edited 10 June 2020 at 11:53AM
    in Chrome Browser there is a 'email tracker' extension
  • debitcardmayhem
    debitcardmayhem Posts: 13,119 Forumite
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    I use Thunderbird and it allows gmail to send RRs,but of course there is no guarantee that a the recipient allows return receipts, nor that they have read it
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  • caveman38
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    edited 10 June 2020 at 12:06PM
    in Chrome Browser there is a 'email tracker' extension
    Although I use Chrome for browsing, at present I use IE for Gmail - although I could set the accounts up on Chrome instead.
  • onomatopoeia99
    onomatopoeia99 Posts: 7,191 Forumite
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    Does anyone actually allow read receipts to be sent when their MUA prompts them?  I certainly don't.
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