On May 16, 2:35 pm, Sarel <sare...@gmail. comwrote:
>On May 16, 8:21 am, rahul sinha <rahul...@gmail .comwrote:
>>
>> Please help me to find a email class which contains the functions
>>for sending email as well as email tracking.
>> Thanks
>>Rahul S
>What exactly is it that you want to track? As in when people open the
>mail or what?
>
Yeah..
>
You can't reliably know when someone opens their email. For instance,
my email reader is configured to ask before sending an acknowledgment.
I may or may not acknowledge receipt - depending on who it is and how
I'm feeling that day.
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On May 17, 1:29 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:
rahul sinha wrote:
On May 16, 2:35 pm, Sarel <sare...@gmail. comwrote:
On May 16, 8:21 am, rahul sinha <rahul...@gmail .comwrote:
>
> Please help me to find a email class which contains the functions
>for sending email as well as email tracking.
> Thanks
>Rahul S
What exactly is it that you want to track? As in when people open the
mail or what?
>
Yeah..
>
You can't reliably know when someone opens their email. For instance,
my email reader is configured to ask before sending an acknowledgment.
I may or may not acknowledge receipt - depending on who it is and how
I'm feeling that day.
>
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Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstuck...@attgl obal.net
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I agree, there's no reliable way to see whether people have opened
your mail. One way is to have a 1x1 pixel image, that is actually a
PHP script on your server, but then again, people have to have images
set to download automatically for that. Even with that, a lot of
people still go online, download their mail, and then go offline and
read through them - especially home users.
On May 16, 8:11 am, Sarel <sare...@gmail. comwrote:
On May 17, 1:29 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:
>
>
>
rahul sinha wrote:
On May 16, 2:35 pm, Sarel <sare...@gmail. comwrote:
>On May 16, 8:21 am, rahul sinha <rahul...@gmail .comwrote:
>
>> Please help me to find a email class which contains the functions
>>for sending email as well as email tracking.
>> Thanks
>>Rahul S
>What exactly is it that you want to track? As in when people open the
>mail or what?
>
Yeah..
>
You can't reliably know when someone opens their email. For instance,
my email reader is configured to ask before sending an acknowledgment.
I may or may not acknowledge receipt - depending on who it is and how
I'm feeling that day.
>
--
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Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstuck...@attgl obal.net
=============== ===
>
I agree, there's no reliable way to see whether people have opened
your mail. One way is to have a 1x1 pixel image, that is actually a
PHP script on your server, but then again, people have to have images
set to download automatically for that. Even with that, a lot of
people still go online, download their mail, and then go offline and
read through them - especially home users.
Something else that should be mentioned is that there are privacy
implications with this situation as well. I don't really want you to
know when I open your email, lest you have some marketing (or equally
sinister) motivation in mind. If you were seriously evil (read:
marketing) you could argue that opening your email established a
business relationship with me and use it as an excuse to telemarket in
a way that the Do Not Call list would allow.
That might be extreme. Bottom line is, you don't need to know when I
open your email.
On May 17, 1:29 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attg lobal.netwrote:
>rahul sinha wrote:
>>On May 16, 2:35 pm, Sarel <sare...@gmail. comwrote:
>>>On May 16, 8:21 am, rahul sinha <rahul...@gmail .comwrote:
>>>> Please help me to find a email class which contains the functions
>>>>for sending email as well as email tracking.
>>>> Thanks
>>>>Rahul S
>>>What exactly is it that you want to track? As in when people open the
>>>mail or what?
>>Yeah..
>You can't reliably know when someone opens their email. For instance,
>my email reader is configured to ask before sending an acknowledgment.
>I may or may not acknowledge receipt - depending on who it is and how
>I'm feeling that day.
>>
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>Remove the "x" from my email address
>Jerry Stuckle
>JDS Computer Training Corp.
>jstuck...@attg lobal.net
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>
I agree, there's no reliable way to see whether people have opened
your mail. One way is to have a 1x1 pixel image, that is actually a
PHP script on your server, but then again, people have to have images
set to download automatically for that. Even with that, a lot of
people still go online, download their mail, and then go offline and
read through them - especially home users.
>
Yep, that's another good point. My reader is set to not display remote
images unless I click on a button. And mail from those I don't know
don't get the button clicked. And a 1x1 pixel image probably wouldn't
be noticeable enough to cause a click, anyway.
Besides - if you want to include a remote image, you need to send it as
html - and some people disable html email, also.
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