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Email tracking

Have you ever sent an email and wondered if the person you sent it to has read it? Well, sometimes people use a special tool called email tracking to see if their email was opened and read.

Email tracking is kind of like when you get a delivery and you can track it to see when it will arrive at your house. But instead of tracking a box of toys, it tracks your email and tells you if the person you sent it to has opened it.

When you send an email, there's a little image or code that gets added to it. This code acts like a secret note that tells the sender when and if the email was opened. It's like a secret agent code that only the sender can see.

This way, the sender can know if the person they sent it to saw their email or if it just got lost somewhere in cyberspace. It helps them know if they need to send a follow-up email or not.

But, it's important to know that email tracking isn't always perfect. Some email services have settings that can block these tracking codes or images, so the sender might not always get an accurate response.

Overall, email tracking is a tool that helps people know if their email was read or not, kind of like tracking a package in the mail.
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