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Track email

Started by TcM, Jul 03 2008 05:03 AM

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#1
TcM

Posted 03 July 2008 - 05:03 AM

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How can I send an email and track th statistics? I saw a website that let's you track how much emails were opened, what links were pressed, and how many times. Unique opens of emails etc...

How can this be done?
Thanks.

#2
chili5

Posted 03 July 2008 - 06:46 AM

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You mean like how many emails were sent? or like what links were clicked in the email?

well for the links couldn't you add a GET variable to the URL and then increase a counter when the link is clicked and then email the value of the counter to a email address?

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http://localhost/index.php?clicked=$i

and increase $i when it is clicked?

sorry if this makes no sense :D

#3
TcM

Posted 03 July 2008 - 08:19 AM

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Yeah, I thought of that. But my main problem is how to count the views.

#4
phpforfun

Posted 03 July 2008 - 10:16 PM

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this is a great question.. once you find out you should make a tutorial, lol

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#5
TcM

Posted 04 July 2008 - 05:16 AM

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Well I do have a little idea... on how to do it.

There are some tracking systems that if you make them in an img tag, they will count the views. But I'm not sure if that will work with an email.

#6
Guest_Jordan_*

Posted 04 July 2008 - 05:29 AM

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Send it with a "Read Receipt" and each time you receive a receipt you have received a view. The image tag is a good idea but not all email clients load images from the web by default.