# Feature request: PM status, Read/unread indication

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pm-status-read-unread-indication/53908>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [7 Dicembre 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pm-status-read-unread-indication/53908 "2016-12-07T09:04:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [8 Dicembre 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-request-pm-status-read-unread-indication/53908/4 "2016-12-08T05:46:55Z")

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I have thought about adding this sort of feature, but I am scared that the UI can become very cluttered if we are not super careful, especially if 10 people are involved in a PM.

> [@JagWaugh](#):
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> If I could see that the user(s) haven’t read my message

This though is a big problem, we don’t do any tracking of what goes on in your email client. Unless we added tracking gifs or something like that this can be very misleading.

Even if we add a tracking gif, tracking gifs clearly have issues

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/822862/is-there-any-way-to-track-whether-an-email-has-been-opened>

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