If you use Microsoft Outlook to send your emails, the good news is that Microsoft has actually built in an email read receipt feature in the software, and all you’ll need to do is turn it on and you’re good to go.
Thankfully, there are ways to track whether or not a person has read your email, so check out this guide if you’d like to learn how to go about doing that. However, if they haven’t read your email, then perhaps they are busy and you can give them a bit more time before sending a follow up. For some, this can be important because if you know the person has read your email but has yet to reply, then you can proceed to the next step.
Unlike text messages which come with read receipts, blue ticks, and status updates, knowing whether or not a person has read your email is pretty tricky.