Read receipt from myself

[kevokam]

I am using outlook 2003. Sometimes ago I sent a mail to several people with a
read receipt request. Later I received read receipts from some of those
people, but although I had not sent to myself the mail, I received a read
receipt from myself. What can be the reason? I am not sure if somebody
somehow have access to my mails without my permission.

 

[VanguardLH]

in

I am using outlook 2003. Sometimes ago I sent a mail to several people with a
read receipt request. Later I received read receipts from some of those
people, but although I had not sent to myself the mail, I received a read
receipt from myself. What can be the reason? I am not sure if somebody
somehow have access to my mails without my permission.

Look at the original e-mail that you sent. It should be in your Sent
Items folder. Check the list of recipients. To be sure you are seeing
all recipients, including any in the Bcc header, double-click the copy
of the sent message so it opens in its own window. If the Bcc field is
not shown, use the View menu to show it. Are you listed as a recipient
in the To, Cc, or Bcc fields?

Did you compose a new message? Or did you reply (and add the read
receipt request)? If you replied, did you use "Reply to All" which
might include yourself?

 

[kevokam]

in


Look at the original e-mail that you sent. It should be in your Sent
Items folder. Check the list of recipients. To be sure you are seeing
all recipients, including any in the Bcc header, double-click the copy
of the sent message so it opens in its own window. If the Bcc field is
not shown, use the View menu to show it. Are you listed as a recipient
in the To, Cc, or Bcc fields?

Did you compose a new message? Or did you reply (and add the read
receipt request)? If you replied, did you use "Reply to All" which
might include yourself?

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I replied to a message and I don´t have my name in the To or CC fields. In
the message I sent, the BCC field is not available, and can not be activated
from View menu. But I tried to send a message by putting my name in BCC
field, and when I check it in the sent items, I can see my name in the BCC
field.

Actually had I been in the BCC field when I replied, I should have received
the message also. And I didn´t received any message but a read receipts from
myself.

I tried to see if there is any information in the header of the "read
receipt" message that I received (view/options) , but there is notting.

My real concern is if somebody can read my mails without my permission.

 

[VanguardLH]

in

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I replied to a message and I don´t have my name in the To or CC fields. In
the message I sent, the BCC field is not available, and can not be activated
from View menu. But I tried to send a message by putting my name in BCC
field, and when I check it in the sent items, I can see my name in the BCC
field.

Actually had I been in the BCC field when I replied, I should have received
the message also. And I didn´t received any message but a read receipts from
myself.

I tried to see if there is any information in the header of the "read
receipt" message that I received (view/options) , but there is notting.

My real concern is if somebody can read my mails without my permission.

It has been many years since I got a read receipt. I don't ask for
them. I always refuse to send them. If I saw one, it would've been as
a test.

Every e-mail client decides how it will compose the receipt e-mail. I'm
guessing that the one you think is from yourself actually came from one
of your recipients that sent you the receipt. Their e-mail client might
so poorly word the reciept's body that it merely looks like it came from
you. Sometimes the message the recipient's e-mail client adds is vague
or misleading.

Adding a read receipt request merely adds a header to your outbound
e-mail. It is up to the recipient's e-mail client whether it will do
anything when it sees that header. It is also up to the recipient's
e-mail client as to what will be in that read receipt.

Looking at the headers of the suspect read receipt e-mail will tell you
from whom it came. Trace through the Received headers. If it did come
from you, the Received headers would show that not only was it delivered
to you but that it also originated from you. The recipient's e-mail
client sends the e-mail that comprises the read receipt, not a mail
server.