# email.delivered: the recipient's server has it
Resend successfully delivered the email to the recipient's mail server. This is the positive milestone in the send pipeline: accepted at the destination.
## What to do on receipt
1. Match `data.email_id` to your message record and mark it delivered with the timestamp from `created_at`.
2. If you promised delivery confirmation to your own user, this is the event that unlocks it.
3. This is a good place to close out delivery-timeout watchdogs you started on `email.sent`.
## The trap
Delivered does not mean read, seen, or in the inbox. The mail server may file it as spam, quarantine it, or silently drop it after accepting. Do not report "opened" or "seen" on this event. Pair it with `email.opened` and `email.clicked` for engagement, and know those are their own events with their own caveats.