I use an "off-the-radar", licensed shareware email client. Although the client will display properly formatted html email, I rarely allow it. I love my mail client. :)
> You don't even have to view the mail if the gif is near/at > the top and the > user has something like Eudora's "message preview pane" > set. (But then > again, how many of the target demographics have even heard > of Eudora ;-) > OTOH, for legit opt-in mail, the message preview pane can > also give a false > (too high) indication of how many messages were read. > best, paul > At 10:23 AM 1/13/03 -0800, you wrote: >>Yep.. One of the ways that spammers, these days, collect >>info on valid email >>addresses when using HTML email campaigns. You simply >>view the email, and >>BAM.. they know your email address is good. >> >>Old news >> >> >> >>| -----Original Message----- >>| From: Costas Piliotis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>| Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:04 AM >>| To: CF-Talk >>| Subject: RE: web beacons >>| >>| >>| Oh yeah, and you can pass url parameters to that image >>as >>| well... So let's say you send an email to employeeid >>145. >>| >>| You can add a parameter the the src of the gif file in >>the >>| html email you send him as such: >>| >>| <img src="http://www.myserver.com/image.cfm?id=145";> >>| >>| Then in the source... Of image.cfm, something like this >>| appears: <cfcontent file="foo.gif" >>| type="application/whatever"> <cfquery >>datasource="#application.ds#"> >>| insert into someTable (employeeid, date) >>| values (#val(url.id)#, getdate()) >>| </cfquery> >>| >>| -----Original Message----- >>| From: Costas Piliotis >>| Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:00 AM >>| To: CF-Talk >>| Subject: RE: web beacons >>| >>| >>| Easy. >>| >>| <cfcontent file="foo.gif" type="application/whatever"> >>| <cfquery datasource="#application.ds#"> >>| ...tracking query here... >>| </cfquery> >>| >>| You include the image, and some server-side code to >>process >>| it. Done it a few times... >>| >>| -----Original Message----- >>| From: sebastian palmigiani [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>| Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:52 AM >>| To: CF-Talk >>| Subject: web beacons >>| >>| >>| Yahoo is using something called web beacons. Can anyone >>| simply explain how a single pixel gif is used as a web >>beacon. >>| >>http://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/pixels/details.html >> >> >>Sebastian >> >> >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by > CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion > Hosting. > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.4 s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
