I am having a horrible time with gmail being received by those to whom
I address it. I am using the Web interface. I chose not to have my
gmail fed into Outlook 2003. Is there a way to set the Web interface
gmail to request a read-receipt for every message sent?

Thanks
Alicia in NC

No, Gmail does not provide a request for read receipt.  You can use an
email client like Outlook to send using Gmail SMTP server. Then you can
request a return receipt.

Thanks. I use Outlook for my other email account, but have not yet set
it up for gmail.

It really would be a nice feature to have read-receipts in the Web
interface (hint-hint to anyone from Gmail who might be browsing
around....)

Alicia in NC

I'm not sure I see the point.  Most people I talk to simply set their
mail clients to ignore requests for read receipts.

I agree Jeff. I ignore all requests for receipts, no matter what. I
vote 'no'.

This shouldn't even be an option in any email client. What logical
purpose does this serve?

If they need to respond to you, they will respond and you know they
have read it. If the 'To:' address is bogus or broken, then you will be
notified with an 'undelivered' message. If no reply is needed, then why
would you care if they read it.

Please tell me how and why this is a necessary feature for an email
client.

Well, Alicia, some folks may prefer you not know they have read your
email but you can find out anyway. Check out readnotfy.com or similar
services. Works like a charm!

Hi,
I agree w/Alicia - it would be nice to have read-receipts at GMail.
However, the guys around get really  irritated w/ this subject.

As has already been said in this thread, services like readnotfy.com
only work if the recipient has a misconfigured mail client.  A
correctly-configured client won't automatiically load remote images,
and so the voyeur gets no information.