The bugaboo is simply an image link something like:
<img height=1 width=1 src="sometrackingpage?trackingnum=somenumber">
Then, when the mail is read, the tracking page is called and you have a var
which tells you who read the mail.
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: "Braver, Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 3:34 PM
Subject: RE: Sniffing Email...
> 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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