Read Receipt Oddity

From the Compose window, when I click Tools/Request Read Receipt and then
Send my message, the Read Receipt feature works as expected. However, if I
Save the composed message and later reopen it for more composition, I find
that the check mark to the left of Request Read Receipt is gone If the
message is then sent, there is no actual Read Receipt request sent (even
though it was checked in a previous editing session). It seems that the
actual Read Receipt request only occurs if you Send before saving. Is this
experienced by others (if my explanation makes sense). Thanks.
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Where and how are you saving the message under composition?
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

Hi Ho Silver wrote:
From the Compose window, when I click Tools/Request Read Receipt and then
Send my message, the Read Receipt feature works as expected. However, if
I Save the composed message and later reopen it for more composition, I
find that the check mark to the left of Request Read Receipt is gone If
the message is then sent, there is no actual Read Receipt request sent
(even though it was checked in a previous editing session). It seems
that the actual Read Receipt request only occurs if you Send before
saving. Is this experienced by others (if my explanation makes sense).
Thanks.

I am doing a simple Ctrl+ S and saving it in the OE Drafts folder.
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"PA Bear" wrote in message
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Where and how are you saving the message under composition?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

Hi Ho Silver wrote:
From the Compose window, when I click Tools/Request Read Receipt and then
Send my message, the Read Receipt feature works as expected. However, if
I Save the composed message and later reopen it for more composition, I
find that the check mark to the left of Request Read Receipt is gone If
the message is then sent, there is no actual Read Receipt request sent
(even though it was checked in a previous editing session). It seems
that the actual Read Receipt request only occurs if you Send before
saving. Is this experienced by others (if my explanation makes sense).
Thanks.

It sounds like your install may be corrupted. I can save a message to the
Drafts folder, edit it and the request for a receipt under the Tools item on
the menu remains checked, no matter how often I may wish to edit the
message.

Did you by any chance have an antivirus program running in the background
when you installed the upgrade to IE/OE? If so, you might consider
uninstalling it, reboot, shut down any antivirus program and reload it and
see if that fixes the problem. For that purpose, I'm assuming this is a
personally owned computer and not one on which a corporate admin may have
set some restrictions using Group Policy or some other means of tweaking
options.
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Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"Hi Ho Silver" 24601@hidden wrote in message
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I am doing a simple Ctrl+ S and saving it in the OE Drafts folder.
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"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Where and how are you saving the message under composition?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE) & Security

Hi Ho Silver wrote:
From the Compose window, when I click Tools/Request Read Receipt and
then
Send my message, the Read Receipt feature works as expected. However,
if
I Save the composed message and later reopen it for more composition, I
find that the check mark to the left of Request Read Receipt is gone If
the message is then sent, there is no actual Read Receipt request sent
(even though it was checked in a previous editing session). It seems
that the actual Read Receipt request only occurs if you Send before
saving. Is this experienced by others (if my explanation makes sense).
Thanks.

"Hi Ho Silver" 24601@hidden wrote in message

It seems that the actual Read Receipt request only
occurs if you Send before saving. Is this experienced by others (if
my explanation makes sense). Thanks.

Yes, that's just the way that feature works. If you save the message to either
Drafts or your desktop, the return receipt request is removed from the headers.

--
Tom Koch, MVP for IE/Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...C-B60A9E61282C
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com
or http://www.insideoe.com
Awareness is free.

Ok, fair enough...thanks for the explanation!
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"Tom Koch" wrote in message
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"Hi Ho Silver" 24601@hidden wrote in message

It seems that the actual Read Receipt request only
occurs if you Send before saving. Is this experienced by others (if
my explanation makes sense). Thanks.

Yes, that's just the way that feature works. If you save the message to
either Drafts or your desktop, the return receipt request is removed from
the headers.

--
Tom Koch, MVP for IE/Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...C-B60A9E61282C
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com
or http://www.insideoe.com
Awareness is free.

But Jim said...

Tom Koch wrote:
"Hi Ho Silver" 24601@hidden wrote in message

It seems that the actual Read Receipt request only
occurs if you Send before saving. Is this experienced by others (if
my explanation makes sense). Thanks.

Yes, that's just the way that feature works. If you save the message to
either Drafts or your desktop, the return receipt request is removed from
the headers.

Tom: That's the way I remember it used to work, but with XPSP2, it no longer
works that way. Open a message, click Tools/Request a Receipt, then enter
some text and do a Ctrl+S to save it to drafts. Go to Drafts, double click
it to open for editing, make changes, repeat Ctrl+S and the option for
receipt remains. It does on mine.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
But Jim said...

Tom Koch wrote:
"Hi Ho Silver" 24601@hidden wrote in message

It seems that the actual Read Receipt request only
occurs if you Send before saving. Is this experienced by others (if
my explanation makes sense). Thanks.

Yes, that's just the way that feature works. If you save the message to
either Drafts or your desktop, the return receipt request is removed from
the headers.

And I need to add, before we muddy it all up, that my response only applies
if the option for Receipts is set in Tools/Options/Receipts to Request a
receipt for all messages.

If that option is unchecked, and the request for a receipt is applied using
Tools menu on the Compose Message window, when that message is saved to
Drafts using Ctrl+S, the flag for requesting a receipt will be gone and have
to manually re applied by the user.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
Tom: That's the way I remember it used to work, but with XPSP2, it no
longer works that way. Open a message, click Tools/Request a Receipt,
then enter some text and do a Ctrl+S to save it to drafts. Go to Drafts,
double click it to open for editing, make changes, repeat Ctrl+S and the
option for receipt remains. It does on mine.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
But Jim said...

Tom Koch wrote:
"Hi Ho Silver" 24601@hidden wrote in message

It seems that the actual Read Receipt request only
occurs if you Send before saving. Is this experienced by others (if
my explanation makes sense). Thanks.

Yes, that's just the way that feature works. If you save the message to
either Drafts or your desktop, the return receipt request is removed
from
the headers.

Thanks for keeping us up on the new bugs. There are so many old ones, we
forget that the SPs introduce new ones to keep us busy here.

steve

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
And I need to add, before we muddy it all up, that my response only
applies if the option for Receipts is set in Tools/Options/Receipts to
Request a receipt for all messages.

If that option is unchecked, and the request for a receipt is applied
using Tools menu on the Compose Message window, when that message is saved
to Drafts using Ctrl+S, the flag for requesting a receipt will be gone and
have to manually re applied by the user.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
Tom: That's the way I remember it used to work, but with XPSP2, it no
longer works that way. Open a message, click Tools/Request a Receipt,
then enter some text and do a Ctrl+S to save it to drafts. Go to Drafts,
double click it to open for editing, make changes, repeat Ctrl+S and the
option for receipt remains. It does on mine.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP, Outlook Express
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/pr...8-1171988A62D6
Please deliver feedback to the newsgroup, so that others can be helped.
Thanks.


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
But Jim said...

Tom Koch wrote:
"Hi Ho Silver" 24601@hidden wrote in message

It seems that the actual Read Receipt request only
occurs if you Send before saving. Is this experienced by others (if
my explanation makes sense). Thanks.

Yes, that's just the way that feature works. If you save the message to
either Drafts or your desktop, the return receipt request is removed
from
the headers.