Part 2: Messaging in VB.NET

Generation QR-Code in VB.NET Part 2: Messaging

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Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Inside Out To request receipts for a message you re composing, click the Options button on the message form toolbar to display the Message Options dialog box (see Figure 7-9). You ll find the deliv ery and read receipt options in the Voting And Tracking Options group.

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Figure 7-9. Use the Message Options dialog box to request a delivery receipt, a read receipt, or both.

You can set options to determine how Outlook handles delivery and read receipts by default. Choose Tools, Options and click E-Mail Options on the Preferences tab. In the E-Mail Options dialog box, click Tracking Options to display the Tracking Options dialog box, shown in Figure 7-10, where you ll find the options discussed in this section.

Sending and Receiving Messages The following options control how Outlook requests read receipts and how the receipts are processed after they are received:

Select this check box to have Outlook process all message receipt requests and responses when they arrive.

Select this check box to have Outlook generate received/ read receipts when messages come in requesting them. Clear this check box to have Outlook prompt you for each receipt. Select this check box to have Outlook move receipts from the Inbox to the specified folder.

Select this check box to have Outlook request a read receipt for each message you send. When you compose a message, you can override this setting; to do so, click the Options button on the message form toolbar. Select this check box to have Outlook request a delivery receipt for each message you send. (Note that this option is not available for messages that are sent through Internet e-mail accounts.)

These three options in the Tracking Options dialog box let you control how Outlook responds to requests from others for read receipts on messages you receive, and they apply to Internet mail accounts only:

When this option is selected, Outlook always sends a read receipt to any senders who request one. Outlook generates the read receipt when you open the message. Select this option to prevent Outlook from sending read receipts to senders who request them. Outlook will not prompt you regarding receipts.

Selecting this option lets you control, on a message-by-message basis, whether Outlook sends read receipts. When you open a message for which the sender has requested a read receipt, Outlook prompts you to authorize the receipt. If you click Yes, Outlook generates and sends the receipt. If you click No, Outlook doesn t create or send a receipt.

Note The Delete Blank Voting And Meeting Responses After Processing check box, if selected, causes Outlook to delete voting and meeting requests that contain no comments. Instead, Outlook processes these automatically. See 35, Messaging with Exchange Server, to learn more about voting, and 19, Scheduling Appointments, to learn about the Calendar and scheduling meetings.

If you compose a message from Word (that is, you started Word outside Outlook), you have the ability to send the message as a document for review. You might use this feature if you re collaborating on a document with others or incorporating their comments into the final draft. Recipients can review the document and add comments, which they send back to you. 179

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Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Inside Out They also can incorporate the changes directly in the document, which lets them take advan tage of Word s revision marks feature. To send a document for review, open the document in Word and choose File, Send To, Mail Recipient (For Review).

For more detailed information on sending documents for review, see Microsoft Office Word 2003 Inside Out, by Mary Millhollon and Katherine Murray (Microsoft Press, 2003).