How To Email & Messaging Pointofmail Review: Certified Email Service Read receipts, track attachments, modify or delete sent messages Share Pin Email Print Busakorn Pongparnit / Getty Images Email & Messaging Tips & Tricks Gmail Tips & Tricks Yahoo Tips & Tricks Outlook Tips & Tricks Basics Guides & Tutorials Installing & Upgrading Key Concepts VoIP by Heinz Tschabitscher A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. Updated July 14, 2019 What We Like Pointofmail offers a mode where reading confirmation is guaranteed It's easy to send pointofmail-certified emails from any email program or service Pointofmail can track attachments, too, and lets you edit or delete mail after it has been sent What We Don't Like Pointofmail has modes that are not transparent to the recipient, infringing on their privacy Mail sent through pointofmail can be difficult to reply to or forward Pointofmail does not allow you to specify options if you send from your normal email program Pointofmail is a free, very comprehensive proof of receipt and reading service for email. Pointofmail can ensure read receipts, tracks attachments and lets you modify or delete sent messages. Unfortunately, working with pointofmail-certified mail can be cumbersome, and most Pointofmail modes do not inform the recipient they are watched. Services provided by Pointofmail include: Tracking all email opens and reads as well as forwarding eventsKnowing exactly who opened the email even when sending email to multiple recipientsAdvanced Tracking mode, which guarantees that you will be notified when your email content gets readKnowing if recipients are opening email on their computer or mobile deviceImproving your timing and context when cold calling your prospectRecalling sent emailSending self-destructing emails based on your conditionsReal-Time self-destructing - email disappears while recipient reads itDisabling email forwarding, copying or printingUpdating content of sent email, and add or remove links and attachments to sent emailFull Tracking Details also for link clicking. Know where they was clicked and forwardedKnowing which links at your email work bestKnowing if link was clicked on desktop or mobile PCMonitoring how fast links being clicked after opening emailGetting notification each time link clicked or attachment openedSend, Read, Click and Attachment Open notificationsGetting notifications on mobile, not only Desktop PCReal-Time Web Notifications in Outbox containing all tracking information, clearly presented with search, sorting and group optionsSeamlessly integrating Pointofmail.com Tracking Events to your application with HTTP API Review Pointofmail is a particularly feature-rich email return receipt service. Not only does it tell you when your messages have been opened, but it can also do the same for attachments and allows you to edit or delete emails even after they have been sent. Pointofmail even tells you how long an email was looked at and where on earth the recipient was while doing this. To offer this multitude of options, Pointofmail employs a number of sending modes. Regrettably, most Pointofmail modes are not transparent to the recipient. Since modern email clients do not download remote images — used by Pointofmail to track emails — by default, the recipient can only speculate and not load the hidden pictures. Also, the mode used for a message cannot be set if the mail is sent from your normal email client (instead of Pointofmail's web interface), which is otherwise a really comfortable way to send certified messages. Continue Reading