Re: Sort of OT - Tracking clicked links in an email?
From: chris leeds (chris_at_nedp.net)
Date: 02/27/04
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:06:25 -0500
it would depend entirely on the firewall, adaware, and anything else the
recipient has on their computer.
"johnny" <johnny@nothere.com> wrote in message
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> I really don't know what you mean here. You said, "Links in an email
> that attempt to "Phone Home" when clicked are going to have firewall
alerts
> popping up like crazy."
>
> Our company is thinking of using bCentral's List Builder to send out a
> newsletter. We are not spammers. We (I) liked it because it is an opt-in
and
> very easy opt-out mailer. It also (I think) gives us the ability to see,
via
> a report back to us, who received the newsletter and who also actually
> clicked on any link. We don't want to cause any trouble for our customers.
> Will it, or any newsletter that does reporting of any kind, cause firewall
> alerts to go off? By just happening to see your reply you may have saved
me
> a lot of grief!
>
> "Steve Easton" <admin@95isalive.com> wrote in message
> news:e7qI4AU$DHA.268@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > To send it you will need a third party application.
> > One you might try is Listmaster pro from AnalogX
> > http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/lmpro.htm
> >
> > As for the second part about tracking links, <imho> that is the fastest
> way
> > I can think of to put yourself right out of business. Links in an email
> > that attempt to "Phone Home" when clicked are going to have firewall
> alerts
> > popping up like crazy.
> > </imho>
> >
> > --
> > Steve Easton
> > Microsoft MVP FrontPage
> > 95isalive
> > This site is best viewed..................
> > ..............................with a computer
> >
> > "Mr B" <ladeeda@hahaha.com> wrote in message
> > news:htsr30tfmuk4jrdjmkv3lkse2t1665aevd@4ax.com...
> > > Howdy,
> > >
> > > We are working on setting up an HTML based newsletter for the members
of
> > our association. I may use
> > > FP to design the look of the email since that's what we use to do the
> > website.
> > >
> > > Is there any way to link up FP with some way of sending the email out
to
> > the information in our
> > > database? And if so, is there any way of having it embed anything so
we
> > can tell when someone opens
> > > the email and when they click on various links and such?
> > >
> > > Or if anyone knows of any other pgoram to use that can do this, that'd
> be
> > great.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>
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