Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/22/07 11:45

ginoplusio@gmail.com wrote:
> On 22 Ago, 10:36, "rf" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>> <ginoplu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1187771079.379665.43150@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 22 Ago, 10:14, "rf" <r...@invalid.com> wrote:
>>>> <ginoplu...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:1187769752.817265.74860@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com...
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I'm developing a software to send newsletter to the users of my
>>>>> website. I have a problem on the stats, detecting the opening of the
>>>>> newsletter on the user's client.
>>>>> The method I've chosen uses an html img tag like this:
>>>>> <img src="detectscript.php?email=1234"/>
>>>> Which my email client will never open. It considers images a security
>>>> risk,
>>>> as loading them confirms that the email address they were sent to is a
>>>> valid
>>>> one. This is an Anti spam measure.
>>>>> Do you have any suggestion to count the newsletter opening correctly?
>>>> Why do you need to do this?
>>> To make some statistics.
>>> I'd like to make statistics on the newsletter:
>>> - Total emails sent
>>> - Valid emails in the db
>>> - Emails that were full (over quota)
>>> - Opened emails
>>> - Clicked emails
>>> I have problems only on detecting the opened emails.
>> If the email recipient chooses to not download that image then there is
>> nothing at all that you can do to make it happen.
>>
>> You will just have to accept the fact that your stats are not reliable.
>>
>> --
>> Richard.
>
> are you sure?
> i can't believe that there isn't a trick... professional newsletter
> software how do they do?
> using htaccess file is it possibile to make gif extension file
> processed as php...?
> or is it possibile to use url rewriting to find a work around...?
> any suggestion?
>
> thank you in advance.
> giulio
>
>
>

Yes, he's sure, and he's correct. There is no trick. Professionals use
professional methods - marketing teams, surveys, etc. to see if they are
read.

No matter what you do, you will never know if I opened your email or not
- unless I choose to tell you I have.

Your statistics will never be accurate. It's impossible.

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