Manage email tracking settings

Use Email settings to adjust how customer engagement apps (Dynamics 365 Sales, Dynamics 365 Customer Service, Dynamics 365 Field Service, Dynamics 365 Marketing, and Dynamics 365 Project Service Automation), features appear and function.

These settings can be found in the Power Platform admin center by going to Environments > [select an environment] > Settings > Email > Email Tracking.

Tip

In addition to the settings mentioned below, there are more settings available to control synchronization behavior. For more information, see OrgDBOrgSettings for server-side synchronization.

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Settings Description
Tracking email conversations
Use correlation Default: On. Select this check box if you want to link email activities with other related records using the information in the email headers. This method uses email properties for correlation and is more accurate than smart matching, but less accurate than folder-level tracking or tracking tokens. More information: Email message filtering and correlation Note: Email correlation using email headers works best when email is processed using server-side synchronization. If you’re using the Email Router to process email, you can use tracking tokens or smart matching to correlate email activities with related records.
Use tracking tokens Default: On. Select this check box to use tracking tokens and to configure how Dynamics 365 displays them in the Subject line of the email messages.

Tracking tokens provide 100% tracking accuracy. If you don’t want to see tokens in Subject lines, however, consider folder-level tracking, which also provides 100% tracking accuracy.

You can configure prefixes and other sections of tracking tokens. Long prefixes or too many prefix changes may cause lost data in history, however. More information: Email message filtering and correlation
Tracking token preview More information: Use Email message filtering and correlation to specify which emails are tracked
Prefix Default: CRM.
Base tracking number Default: 0.
Number of digits for personal numbers Default: 3.
Number of digits for email activity counter Default: 3.
Use smart matching Default: Off. Select On to use smart matching to correlate email based on the similarity between email messages. Smart matching isn’t as accurate as tracking tokens or folder-level tracking. More information: Email message filtering and correlation
Folder-level tracking
Use folder-level tracking for Exchange folders (server-side synchronization must be enabled) Default: On. Users can set up Exchange tracking folders, and then move messages to those folders to track them automatically on virtually any device. More information: Track Outlook email by moving it to a tracked Exchange folder

Folder-level tracking provides 100% tracking accuracy. To use folder-level tracking:

- Select On.
- Your organization must synchronize email through server-side synchronization. More information: Set up server-side synchronization
Tracking items
People can use categories to track emails and appointments Default: Off. Content coming.
Allow auto-tracking on outgoing email Default: Off. Content coming.
Tracking between people
Track emails sent between Dynamics 365 users as two activities Default: On. Select this option to create two email activities between Dynamics 365 users, one for the sender and one for the recipient.