Gents,

using datasend is there a way to tell sendmail to pull its source from a designated url at run time?



Ie ... open email queries a website and pulls the html for that item.



my reason that may hint to another solution if this is not possible.

Java scrpiting w/ polls and other dhtml embedded within the newsletter does not work within the sent email



Thoughts of why the scripts might not work. Embedded scripts may not work in outlook.



an aside, but related question is there a way to notify a traffic checking software like Alexa that someone is opening the email?



Thanks in advance for thoughts and comments.

-D

In terms of the email questions:

1) You'll need to change the content type for the email to use Content/Type: text/html.


2) You can print out the HTML file in the PRINT MAIL or use open function to include the external file

With regards to your email tracking question...

* You should put a tracking pixil in your email that will record if it's been opened, and if you want to track clicks within the email, use tracking links for that.
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Buh Bye!

Cheers,
Me

Digging up this note from the past...


Can anyone suggest a Perl or PHP-based email tracking system (preferably open source or cheap) that's complete and acts as a "hit counter" for emails? We use Links SQL to send mass mailings, and would like to be able to determine our open rate on these mailings.

I understand the tracking pixel concept, but don't know squat about how to code the back-end counter to track multiple versions of mailings sent to multiple recipients.

Alan Frayer
Don't just read the news - make the news!
Your World News - http://yourworldnews.frayernet.com

Hi,

It's neither open source or cheap, but is full featured:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/glist/

and can integrate into Community (so Community users can select which mailing lists they want to subscribe to).

Cheers,

Alex
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Gossamer Threads Inc.

I never saw anything in the description to suggest it would support mail tracking. Also, it would have to use the LSQL_Users table as a source, since that is where my mail lists are maintained.

Something tells me I'm looking for more than list price.

Alan Frayer
Don't just read the news - make the news!
Your World News - http://yourworldnews.frayernet.com

Hi,

Yes, it tracks bounced, opened, and also clicked (you can tag links with the program and it will tell you how many people clicked on links).

In terms of mailing to Links SQL users, you would need to import them each time. Alternatively, you could install Community, and then it would work directly off the Community users.

Cheers,

Alex
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Gossamer Threads Inc.