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One of my mail accounts has recently begun receiving vulgar spam. They are never opened, I just right click/delete. But in the deleted box there is no blue circle indicating Unread. Can a spammer ever tell if an email has been opened?

One of my mail accounts has recently begun receiving vulgar spam. They are never opened, I just right click/delete. But in the deleted folder there is no blue circle indicating Unread next to these emails. Can a spammer ever tell if an email has been opened? Does deleting cause it to show as opened?

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Jun 25, 2015 7:57 AM

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Posted on Jun 25, 2015 7:59 AM

There is no read receipt for e-mail, so the spammer will never know.

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One of my mail accounts has recently begun receiving vulgar spam. They are never opened, I just right click/delete. But in the deleted box there is no blue circle indicating Unread. Can a spammer ever tell if an email has been opened?

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