How Can I Easily (Free And Non Obtrusive) Add A Tracking Facility To An Email Newsletter?
I am going to write a newsletter with some factual information in my Yahoo group. I would like to see if this email gets forwarded on and where it goes to, how many times it's read etc. I am guessing that I will need to write it in HTML and embed code of some sort...
All comments, experiences and advice appreciated!
All comments, experiences and advice appreciated!
The best way to do this is to include an image file in your HTML file that points to a PHP script. In this PHP script, you can record IP address and other information on each load. As far as I know, this is actually the only way to do it since Javascript code in e-mails will not be executed.
You can find some extra information at http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/20751/fid/51 on ways to do the actual PHP implementation for this.
You can find some extra information at http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/20751/fid/51 on ways to do the actual PHP implementation for this.
The best way to do this is to include an image file in your HTML file that points to a PHP script. In this PHP script, you can record IP address and other information on each load. As far as I know, this is actually the only
way to do it since Javascript code in e-mails will not be executed.
You can find some extra information at http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/20751/fid/51 on ways to do the actual PHP implementation for this.
You can find some extra information at http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/20751/fid/51 on ways to do the actual PHP implementation for this.