HOW??
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 12:24 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: Sniffing Email...
If you put a web bug in the HTML version then you can tell if they displayed
the HTML.
(A web bug is a 1 x 1 gif that will show up in their web log or if
dynamically generated by CF could log to a
database)
- Michael Smith, TeraTech, Inc http://www.teratech.com/
Howie Hamlin wrote:
> I think this is simply marketing mumbo jumbo. You can never tell if the
> client's email reader can render HTML or not unless you've received a mail
> from that client. There is a header in most emails called X-Mailer that
> displays the email software version. However, this header is not included
> by all mail clients (the major clients do this, however).
>
> If you've never received mail from a particular client then the best you
can
> do is send the mail in HTML and plain text formats within the same mail.
> This solves the problem for most email readers. There are some, however,
> that can only display text and the bulk of your mixed-mode email will look
> like gibberish.
>
> HTH,
>
> Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager
> On-Line Data Solutions, Inc.
> www.CoolFusion.com
> 631-737-4668 x101
> inFusion Mail Server (iMS) - the World's most configurable mail server
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Erika L Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 1:53 PM
> Subject: Sniffing Email...
>
> > I figured that subject might grab someone's attention.....
> > (I've posted this to every list for maximum exposure, so please forgive
me
> > if you've seen it before)
> >
> > I have a really serious question....and this is a feature that every
> > customer of mine wants for their email campaigns. And I would love to be
> > able to offer it to them!
> >
> > Figuring out which type of email a user's email program can receive
> without
> > having them specify a type in the first place.
> > The general consensus I have gotten is that this is not doable.
> >
> > Until recently.....this is an excerpt from http://www.flonetwork.com
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > "HTML graphics-rich email messages get more response than plain text.
> > FloNetwork has the technical sophistication to deliver on that premise.
> >
> > With our Dynamic Personalization application, for example, each email
can
> be
> > personalized with any number of offer and message variables. Graphic
> content
> > can also be added with ease. The more sophisticated the email, the
greater
> > the chance that the end user may not have the proper systems to read it.
> > FloNetwork's HTML sensing technology senses whether a recipient's system
> can
> > read HTML messages. If not, the system automatically defaults to a plain
> > text message that can be read.
> >
> > Our Flo Rich Media application builds the player right into the email.
> This
> > means that anyone can read the message, regardless of the software or
> > hardware they are using. The result is dramatically more compelling
> > communications that can generate as much as three times the response
rate
> of
> > plain text email."
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > What are they talking about? How do they do this? Has anybody heard of
> this?
> > I can sign up for the demo from them, but they aren't likely to release
> and
> > trade secrets to me are they?.....so I am looking for anyone out there
> that
> > has any idea about how this is done. Because, I need to do it. I don't
> care
> > if I have to learn a new programming language.....this has been one of
the
> > top 5 requests from our client base.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your input.
> >
> >
> > Erika
> >
> > "The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." - Ralph Waldo
> Emerson
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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