I'm being asked to consult on writing an email marketing application, and I'm thinking about how to track responses.
At the moment I'm planning on being able to send out text and html emails as two-part emails, and tracking readership of the emails by using a link wiht suitable URL variables to a CF page on my server that loads a transparent gif into the reader's email, and adds a record to a DB table recording the userid and content id etc. That will record who's opened and presumably read the html version. But how do people track who reads the text-only versions of emails? Is there any better way developed to track the success or otherwise of emails than having a link back to a url? -- Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279373 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
