Re: e-mail tracking service

Richard Steffens wrote:

 > Has anyone heard about DidTheyReadIt?

Scott Burch wrote:

> The only way that I could see it working is to use HTML mail and put a
> 1x1 pixel graphic where the name is coded (or a graphical add).

Brent Rieck wrote:

 > It's another web-bug scheme with the minorly clever addition of slowly
 > dripping out the single pixle gif and not closing the http connection
 > so they can measure "how long" the message was "open".

I figured there must be some trick to it. So, if you use a mail reader 
that doesn't do images, it won't work. I'm not too concerned about it, 
but it's good to know how to beat it if it should ever become an issue.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens
http://home.comcast.net/~rsteff/