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NOTIFY OF READING HTML EMAIL
Posted 22 Mar 2001 17:59:35
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22 Mar 2001 17:59:35 Michael Moore posted:
does anyone know of there is a client side script that would send some piece of data or any method of indicating if and html email was opened?? For instance,
opens an html email message and that causes a client side script to send a message back to our server that they read it?? thanks in advanceReplies
Replied 23 Mar 2001 01:14:42
23 Mar 2001 01:14:42 Waldo Smeets replied:
I know that in outlook you can ask a read receipt... but how you could handle that on a server? I have no idea.
How about this: add a small (transparant 1*1 pixel) image to your HTML email.... that image should be mypic.asp?userId=1234. Then when the asp page is activated you can see which user is reading it. Just use a redirect to return the image to the reader.
Waldo Smeets - www.UDzone.com Webmaster
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How about this: add a small (transparant 1*1 pixel) image to your HTML email.... that image should be mypic.asp?userId=1234. Then when the asp page is activated you can see which user is reading it. Just use a redirect to return the image to the reader.
Waldo Smeets - www.UDzone.com Webmaster
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www.UDzone.com : A Dreamweaver, Ultradev and Fireworks recourse site for developers
by developers.
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Replied 23 Mar 2001 22:30:26
23 Mar 2001 22:30:26 Michael Moore replied:
[waldo, thanks for your response. do you mean the html page would actually be asp or?? how would that image be activated? just by being on a page that was viewed?? thanks again waldo]
I know that in outlook you can ask a read receipt... but how you could handle that on a server? I have no idea.
How about this: add a small (transparant 1*1 pixel) image to your HTML email.... that image should be mypic.asp?userId=1234. Then when the asp page is activated you can see which user is reading it. Just use a redirect to return the image to the reader.
Waldo Smeets - www.UDzone.com Webmaster
------------------------------------------
www.UDzone.com : A Dreamweaver, Ultradev and Fireworks recourse site for developers
by developers.
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I know that in outlook you can ask a read receipt... but how you could handle that on a server? I have no idea.
How about this: add a small (transparant 1*1 pixel) image to your HTML email.... that image should be mypic.asp?userId=1234. Then when the asp page is activated you can see which user is reading it. Just use a redirect to return the image to the reader.
Waldo Smeets - www.UDzone.com Webmaster
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www.UDzone.com : A Dreamweaver, Ultradev and Fireworks recourse site for developers
by developers.
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Replied 24 Mar 2001 11:17:27
24 Mar 2001 11:17:27 Waldo Smeets replied:
I am not sure that it will work, but what I mean is that you do this in your html email:
<img src="mypage.asp?userID=1">
In that mypage.asp you could put a script that makes the correct database changes, and after that redirects to an image url. I have never done this, it's just an idea. Try it out and see how it works.
Waldo
Waldo Smeets - www.UDzone.com Webmaster
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www.UDzone.com : A Dreamweaver, Ultradev and Fireworks recourse site for developers
by developers.
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<img src="mypage.asp?userID=1">
In that mypage.asp you could put a script that makes the correct database changes, and after that redirects to an image url. I have never done this, it's just an idea. Try it out and see how it works.
Waldo
Waldo Smeets - www.UDzone.com Webmaster
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www.UDzone.com : A Dreamweaver, Ultradev and Fireworks recourse site for developers
by developers.
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