If email sent outside your organisation, you have no way of being able to 100% guarantee that the email has been read.
The three ways to assist you are: Read receipt: depends if the receiving mail clients will honour a read receipt request. Web bug: a single pixel image that is externally referenced in the email, that is unique to each recipient. http://yourserver/newsletter1/1.gif == User1 http://yourserver/newsletter1/2.gif == User2 etc you can then correlate the weblogs to your database Unique Link: similar to Web Bug - A unique link in email to each recipient (HTML email best) e.g. <a href="http://s0.tx.co.nz/at/tep34n411214j71828i127063f1c3718591a4t9s4z"; target="new"><font size="2" face="Verdana">- Milne versus Mayne</font></a> http://s0.tx.co.nz/at/tep34n411214j71828i127063f1c3718591a4t9s4z This enables you to know they have clicked individual links within the email and see what content they are interested in. The unique link redirects to the actual content and you can then correlate the weblogs to your database Hth Dean C -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jean-Paul Natola Sent: Friday, 1 December 2006 05:48 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Confirmation of read mail I hate to bother the list with this question, but I'm in a bit of a debate at the moment. Is there ANYWAY for someone ,or software app, to CONFIRM if a message was read and if so , the date and TIME , in this case we are talking about newsletters that will be going out. I told them there is no way to confirm, a read massage except maybe if the recipient has aol or similar type of ISP where you can see the status and the time. Can they be referring to some new application out there that I am not aware of? or can I tell them to keep dreaming? Jean-Paul Natola Network Administrator Information Technology Family Care International 588 Broadway Suite 503 New York, NY 10012 Phone:212-941-5300 xt 36 Fax: 212-941-5563 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. ********************************************************************** Have you clicked on yet? www.nrc.govt.nz ********************************************************************** NORTHLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange To subscribe: http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
