On 04/03/13 08:05, James Freer wrote:
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Srdjan Todorovic todorovic.s@googlemail.com wrote:
On 3 March 2013 21:55, James Freer jessejazza3.uk@gmail.com wrote:
I remember back about 2000 when i started using email there was a way that one could tell if it had been read. In those days i was using Outlook. How did it work?
I don't know if this is a good place to start:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_read_receipt
I do remember some story many years ago about an email read tracking service that would have a hidden iframe with an 1x1 px image at a unique URL that would load and let a paying customer see if it was loaded. Not sure what happened to that service.
Regards, Srdjan
Thanks... i couldn't think what to look up. google on "email tracking" or receipt would have helped. In that link is in fact what i needed to know i think the email client inserts a line in the header. But one always knows that an email has arrived by 'delivery status failure' or whatever words similar which i think depends on the server.
Hi, You say "One...knows that an email has arrived by 'delivery status failure' " messages, but you don't. This will only tell you if it hasn't arrived. Not being told that it hasn't arrived, doesn't mean that it's arrived, if you see what I mean! An email may be in transit for hours or even days before it is delivered (depending on the configuration of the email system between you and the recipient). Also an email might get delivered to a recipient's company (so in effect it's been delivered, and you won't get a "Bounce" message), but if the recipient never opens up their email program, or stops working for that company, your email may never actually be seen by anyone.
Apparently, "read receipts", which is what I think you're after, are not available in personal Gmail accounts - see this: http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1385059
However, this http://www.aboutonlinetips.com/how-to-get-read-receipt-notification-email-fr... mentions a program called SpyPig which may help. Dunno if it'll work in Linux.
HTH
Steve