Sometimes an email sender may request a read, or return, receipt. This receipt notifies the email sender when the recipient reads the email. Another common way of tracking email is to embed tracking cookies into the HTML graphics of an email. This allows an emailer to gather information about the recipient’s web surfing. For those who do not wish to send a receipt, the popular email program Outlook Express allows return receipts to be blocked. In addition, privacy settings in Internet Explorer allow users to block tracking cookies while surfing the web and, according to technology website CNet, also will help monitor tracking cookies in email through Outlook Express and Outlook. Writer Bio
