Hi Folks,
The company I work for sends out a couple subscription based emails every month. They've asked me to figure out a way that I can tell the sponsors how many of the emails got opened. I've read about Microsoft tricks that use images in the email, but we're on OS X. Can anybody give me some pointers so I can get started? Todd Vainisi -- ------------------------------ Lasso Support: http://support.omnipilot.com/ Search the list archives: http://www.listsearch.com/lassotalk.lasso Manage your list subscription: http://www.listsearch.com/lassotalk.lasso?manage |
Hi,
I pop a link to my file 'pixel.htm?id=some_blowfish_encrypted_value'. Pixel.htm contains the following code. Var: 'string' = (Decrypt_Blowfish: -Seed='my_seed_value', (Action_Param: 'id')); Var: 'params_Array'=Array; Var: 'image_file' = '', 'campaign'='', 'user_id'=''; $params_array = (Var: 'string')->(Split: ','); $campaign = $params_array->(Get(1)); $user_id = $params_array->(Get(2)); Log: '/logs/email_shots.txt'; (Server_Date: -Extended)'\t'(Server_Time: -Extended)'\t'(Client_IP)'\t'(Client_Type)'\t'(Response_FilePath)'\t'(Error_ CurrentError)'\t'$campaign'\t'$user_id'\r\n'; /Log; Var: 'image_file' = (Include_Raw: '/_graphics/trans_pixel.gif'); (File_Serve: $image_file, -File='trans_pixel.gif', -Type='image/gif'); The encrypted id string tagged onto the link contains the users id and the campaign reference. If you just want a count of open then you can remove this. In our case we need to know exactly who opened their mail. on 2/6/05 02:36, todd vainisi at [hidden email] wrote: > Hi Folks, > > The company I work for sends out a couple subscription based emails every > month. They've asked me to figure out a way that I can tell the sponsors > how many of the emails got opened. I've read about Microsoft tricks that > use images in the email, but we're on OS X. Can anybody give me some > pointers so I can get started? > > Todd Vainisi Regards Mark Palmer, Pageworks T: 01902 620500 F: 01902 620440 E: [hidden email] W: www.pageworks.co.uk -- ------------------------------ Lasso Support: http://support.omnipilot.com/ Search the list archives: http://www.listsearch.com/lassotalk.lasso Manage your list subscription: http://www.listsearch.com/lassotalk.lasso?manage |
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Hi Todd,
I think that an image is the only way to do that. Most e-mail clients can display images that are referring to a website. But be aware that nowadays some people don't want to read the e-mail in HTML anymore, but in pure ASCII text. They can even turn off the images... So you have to make a combination of an image (that you place on your server) and links with user tracking information in it. <img src="http://www.myserver.com/img.lasso?uid=24F25S3TG234" /> And <a href="http://www.myserver.com/page.lasso?uid=24F25S3TG234">Follow this link!</a> If you need help on creating a mailing software, you could contact Kevin Goeminne ([hidden email]) as he has written such application (which I think is now in beta). Greetz, Karim Dahdah ----------------------- -ASP- & Lasso Developer www.doran.be todd vainisi wrote: > Hi Folks, > > The company I work for sends out a couple subscription based emails every > month. They've asked me to figure out a way that I can tell the sponsors > how many of the emails got opened. I've read about Microsoft tricks that > use images in the email, but we're on OS X. Can anybody give me some > pointers so I can get started? > > Todd Vainisi > -- ------------------------------ Lasso Support: http://support.omnipilot.com/ Search the list archives: http://www.listsearch.com/lassotalk.lasso Manage your list subscription: http://www.listsearch.com/lassotalk.lasso?manage |
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