Confirmation of receipt in Thunderbird set up
If you want to know whether your message has actually arrived, proceed as follows:
- Open Thunderbird and write with a number of Account, an e-Mail.
- Before you send your message, click "options" -> "confirmation of receipt (MDN) request".
- Now you can send your message, as usual, by "Send" on the way.
- When the recipient opens the Mail (for example with Thunderbird), he can decide whether he sends you the confirmation of receipt or not (see Screenshot). The recipient could also click "Ignore" and the message including already read. Therefore, you cannot say with certainty whether you have read the message or not read.

Read receipt in Thunderbird
Tested on Thunderbird Version: [24.5.0]. If you have an address no longer need, you can use the Email-account in Thunderbird, delete.