# How to avoid false positives in email opens tracking

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-avoid-false-positives-in-email-opens-tracking/2134>\
**Category:** Outlook Sales Extension\
**Created:** [May 24, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-avoid-false-positives-in-email-opens-tracking/2134 "2017-05-24T15:51:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/system/32/124_2.png) [@system](https://community.hubspot.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-avoid-false-positives-in-email-opens-tracking/2134/1 "2017-05-24T15:51:00Z")

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Everytime I go on an email sent to a recipient I receive a notification saying the recipient opened my email. How can you ensure when you look at emails you sent you don’t receive a notification saying the recipient opened your email.

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**Author:** ![nicolebrenner](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/nicolebrenner/32/64853_2.png) [@nicolebrenner](https://community.hubspot.com/u/nicolebrenner)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/how-to-avoid-false-positives-in-email-opens-tracking/2134/2 "2017-05-24T18:19:04Z")

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Hey [@Nicolasw](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/9573)  
Thanks for posting! We get this question a lot, and you’re in luck we have a create solution already posted here: [https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Sales-Tools/I-get-open-notifications-from-myself-how-can-I-stop-them/m-p/9383#M302](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Sales-Tools/I-get-open-notifications-from-myself-how-can-I-stop-them/m-p/9383#M302)  
If you have any follow up questions please post on the original thread.