Hi @Paul Goble
As a sender, you can request a read receipt from the recipient when you send the email in Outlook.
The detailed steps are introduced in this link:
Add and request read receipts and delivery notifications in Outlook for Windows
However, please note that there is no method to force the recipient to send the read receipt.
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