>- see footer for list info -< With the email presumably showing HTML for the images, is there no way to set a cookie on the users machine or check for the availability of a cookie, machines with a fresh IP without cookie are new users whilst fresh IPs with a cookie have already been recorded?
Lee ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "Russ Michaels \(Snake\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Coldfusion Development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:06:20 +0100 >>- see footer for list info -< >Well u make the best of what u got. >Really no one is going to click a forward link in an email, really I mean >no-one, they will click forward in their email client. >If you rely on such a method you get next to NO DATA, at least using the >method of multiple reads, you will have some data even if it is not 100% >correct, which is better than nothing. > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) >> Sent: 21 October 2004 14:47 >> To: Coldfusion Development >> Subject: RE: [CF-Dev] Email tracking >> >> >- see footer for list info -< >> Hey, well what we do as noted is that we have the usual >> embedded image in the file which registers unique and >> non-unique users (i.e. a user opening a mail more than once). >> We only track forwarded when users click on the forward to >> friend link in an email which redirects us back to our >> servers and tracks the from and to.... >> >> Any other metric would be inaccurate unless it uses some >> convoluted read into the email contents and header info. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Russ Michaels >> (Snake) >> Sent: 21 October 2004 13:18 >> To: 'Coldfusion Development' >> Subject: RE: [CF-Dev] Email tracking >> >> >- see footer for list info -< >> Better suggestion neil ? >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> > Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) >> > Sent: 21 October 2004 12:40 >> > To: Coldfusion Development >> > Subject: RE: [CF-Dev] Email tracking >> > >> > >- see footer for list info -< >> > Erm, not really no. Well you could but it would be bad metrics. >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of >> Russ Michaels >> > (Snake) >> > Sent: 21 October 2004 12:37 >> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Coldfusion Development' >> > Subject: RE: [CF-Dev] Email tracking >> > >> > >- see footer for list info -< >> > If it was opened more than once, you could presume it has been >> > forwarded I spose. >> > >> > > -----Original Message----- >> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Fiaz Khan >> > > Sent: 21 October 2004 11:58 >> > > To: Coldfusion Development >> > > Subject: [CF-Dev] Email tracking >> > > >> > > >- see footer for list info -< >> > > Hi all >> > > >> > > As you all know, it is possible to track certain actions >> > in a email >> > > when opened in a client by having an image tag thats >> > actually a call >> > > to a cf script which can record stuff like ip address, >> time opened. >> > > >> > > Does anyone know of a way to be able to track if the email was >> > > forwarded to someone else. >> > > >> > > The only way i can think of would be to capture the ip of >> > where it was >> > > opened and assume that if the ip was different then it was >> > forwarded >> > > to someone else. 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