Posted by otrWalter on 09/26/06 17:41

Nitro wrote:
> I recently developed a web app with php which sends emails out via form
> submission. I'ts an eProofing system for a publishing/advertising
> company. Now, I am being asked to provide email reciept of some sort.
> They want to know if the recipient recieved the email. It would be nice
> to know if they checked the email as well.
>
> I've done some searching, but haven't found anything concrete yet on
> how to build this. Right now I'm just looking for a simple solution if
> it's possible. Just to clarify, I'm not looking to check if an email is
> valid. I'm trying to add something that would let us know that the
> email was recieved (and looked at) if possible.
>
> How can this be accomplished?

Others here have givein you the only real email solutions, and their
draw backs and propability of working.

The only 100% way of knowing that someone read a message is to send
them an email informing them that there is a new document on the
eProofing system waiting for their review. Then they have to log in to
read it.

It's the only way to be sure.

It's how we did it for a financial management system we built a few
years a go. eMail was sent telling the client that their statemenets
were ready to review, they had to then log into the server to
review/doiwnload their statement via PDF.

It was safe, secure, and tracking who read what.

Hope this helps you

Walter

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