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ensure email reading

How can I ensure that the user read the e-mail?
i want to be sure that the user reads the email using php.. by sending for me a feedback on my mail that the user reads the mail ..

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@MindzaiMay 27.2009 — There is no reliable way to do this. The closest you will probably be able to get is including an image in the email and checking if it was accessed by the email recipient, but most clients will block images embedded in emails by default, and this is a pretty spammy trick anyway.
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@john_zakariaauthorMay 27.2009 — There is no reliable way to do this. The closest you will probably be able to get is including an image in the email and checking if it was accessed by the email recipient, but most clients will block images embedded in emails by default, and this is a pretty spammy trick anyway.[/QUOTE]


Do you mean that i have to send an attached image in my mail and when thaat user reading the message... and download the pictures it send smail for me?
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@adam_jimenezMay 27.2009 — Do you mean that i have to send an attached image in my mail and when thaat user reading the message... and download the pictures it send smail for me?[/QUOTE]

nope use an image link pointing back to your server:

<img src="http://www.domain.com/image.php?id=<?=$unique_id;?>" height=0 width=0>

you can then use the php script to log the access. and use the optional id to identify the reader.
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@john_zakariaauthorMay 27.2009 — nope use an image link pointing back to your server:

<img src="http://www.domain.com/image.php?id=<?=$unique_id;?>" height=0 width=0>

you can then use the php script to log the access. and use the optional id to identify the reader.[/QUOTE]


sorry could you please send for me an example coz i cant do it
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@adam_jimenezMay 27.2009 — ok really simple example:

put this in the email that goes out.

<img src="http://www.domain.com/image.php" height=0 width=0>

then in image.php

[code=php]
<?php
mail('[email protected]','email opened','email has been read');
?>[/code]
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