The two blue ticks under a WhatsApp message alert you when someone reads your message. Why can't email have that too? It would be nice to know when someone opened and read your emails, wouldn't it? Not knowing can contribute a small amount to email stress. 6 simple tricks to reduce email stress. 6 simple tricks to reduce email stress. Dealing with email is the highlight of my day. No one ever said. Need all the tips you can get to manage your email inbox? We can help you! Read more.
Fortunately, there is a solution:MailTrack for Gmail.
MailTrack for Gmail has found legions of users on the Chrome Web Store. Now, it is also available in Opera. Let's review this extension and see how it helps us find out when our emails are opened in real time.
MailTrack is a complete solution for email tracking. There is a free version that offers unlimited tracking but adds a signature to your emails. That's a gift, but if you don't mind being cautious about it, then that's enough.
To be fair, I think it's best to let the recipient know that there is a tracer in the email that works like a read receipt. Try the free version before jumping on the premium ones. The premium version, which offers daily tracking reports, is a powerful tool for digital marketers and customer service professionals.
MailTrack in Opera works with Gmail and Google Apps for Work.
MailTrack adds nothing more than the visual cue with the double checkmarks. Toggle the track button in the compose window if you want a specific email to be tracked. Simply send an email and then go to your sent mail folder to see if the check marks next to the message turn green to show that it has been opened.
Real-time notifications of read emails will help you send immediate follow-up messages. This little thing could be the difference in productivity that relies solely on an email exchange.
Like all extensions, it must give you permission to read, send, delete, and manage your email. Yes, you may not want to give a third-party app access to your Gmail account. But you can use MailTrack for a specific task, like a special Gmail account you use to send resumes. The “read status” can help you know if you have submitted a resume by the human resources person on the other end.
Remember that MailTrack uses link tracking through HTML emails, so the read check will not work with text emails. But it's safe to assume that most of us read HTML emails on desktop and mobile these days.
Have you tried MailTrack in Opera? Do you find email tracking useful as a sender and a hassle as a recipient?
