'How to Track an Email properly and Prevent the user from opening the tracking link?
I have a question about tracking email. I've made a server that tracks an email by the inserting the target URL into <img>.
Until now all is good, but if the user (the sender) opens the email, the server gets a GET Request from the Google image proxy. Now this is bad, because this tracking URL was targeting the recipients and not the sender.
I've thought of changing the URL in the sender's side like MailTrack.io does, but don't know how.
Solution 1:[1]
Use a mail client that doesn't preview the image. I believe what is happening is that your current mail client is previewing the email for you and tripping your tracking link. Another option would be to use a service like Mailchimp, which will add the tracking code for you. I also believe certain versions of outlook have this feature but I'm not sure how much mileage that will get you.
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| Solution | Source |
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| Solution 1 | denodster |