Email notifier

[VenGeanCe]

well was just wondering whether there's any software by which we can get notified whether a person 2 whom we have sent an email has read it or not just like all the greetings service notify us that the users have pickEd up the ecard

[ViRaL1]

If you're using Outlook Express (I think it's the same for Outlook as well), click on Tools, then Options. There's a Receipts tab. However, the recipient can also decline to option to send the receipt when they read the email depending on their email client.

[VenGeanCe]

m8 if i'm using the normal web 2 check my emails?

[ViRaL1]

Who are you using for your email?

[BJ_M]

well there is a way -- and it is used by lots of people that send spam ...


make up a html email and in it -- have a 1 pixel by 1 pixel gif file image link - that links back to your server (where the file is stored) and logs the date / time / ip of the emailed person ..

spammers use this to check if it is a valid email adress

if someone doesnt open the email - nothing is recorded on the server ..



a nicer way would be to just ask them ..

[glockjs]

can't that be blocked by the firewall?

[ViRaL1]

can't that be blocked by the firewall?

Any decent one will.

[BJ_M]

no - since its using port 80 ... it is basically just the same as you using a web browser ...

[VenGeanCe]

@ viral i'm using Firefox as a browser.
@bj_m how 2 implement the http file thing u said one can do cause i do remember i used a certain proggy for this purpose

[BJ_M]

http://www.domaincountry.com/articles/newsletter/read.shtml
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/code-html-email-newsletters
http://www.tamingthebeast.net/articles5/email-open-rates.htm
http://www.aspnetemail.com/samples/emailtracker/default.aspx

[Lucifers_Ghost]

Ironic, I was going to post something similar to this.

At work, we used to use Netspace Messenger but since the merge of Sympatico and MSN, we have migrated to using hotmail to access our sympatico accounts. Is there a way or a third party program to be notified when you receive an email in your hotmail inbox (a la, small envelope in the task bar in OE)?

LG

[BJ_M]

hotmail will not let NEW users access hotmail account with outlook - on the free accounts ..

existing clients can keep this access ...


i think this takes effect now or really really soon ...

[Lucifers_Ghost]

No no .. what I mean is .. if I have my browser window (IE) open with my sympatico email account open from the hotmail site. Other than manually clicking on the inbox or mail to see if you have any emails, is there a program that would "automatically" detect there is an email and notify me?

Im pretty sure there isnt, but it never hurts to ask.

[BJ_M]

Firefox lets you know -

i think ive seen programs as you describe advertised before also ...

[Lucifers_Ghost]

Sadly, we have to use IE at work .. bleh! The reason why they made us migrate to msn was to save themselves server space. Now, the 3000 employees are not allowed to use OE or Netscape to store their emails, nor are we allowed to keep them on our PC's. Everything is kept on the hotmail servers. I guess its good for them, less problems for them to deal with. But thats a different story.

Thanks anyway though, BJ_M. I'll do some searching around to find a proggie like that.

[BJ_M]

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Email_Tools/Mail_Notification_Tools/alpha6.html


http://thecyberbuddy.com/Page30.html <--neat trick

Mail Inspector 2000 (Windows, donationware):
http://www.idev.ch/minspect/
>Quote: "Mail Inspector 2000 is a small remote e-mail client. It can scan your mailboxes (POP3) for new mail which will be displayed with sender, receiver, subject, date, size. You can delete messages directly without the need to download them (direct mail). You can also write instant e-mails. When Mail Inspector 2000 registers new mail, it will display an animated icon in your task bar."

POP Peeper (Windows, freeware):
http://www.poppeeper.com/
>Quote: "POP Peeper is a utility that runs in your Windows task bar and alerts you when you have new email on any of your POP3, Hotmail, MSN or Yahoo accounts. You can also use POP Peeper to read and delete your email."

ePrompter (Windows, freeware):
http://www.eprompter.com/
>Quote: "ePrompter automatically and simultaneously checks and retrieves your email messages from up to sixteen password protected email accounts AND lets you read, delete and respond to any of your messages with a simple click on the account of your choice -- without ever having to launch your email program or go to your webmail's site.
>ePrompter works with AOL, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, POP3, Earthlink, Excite, iName, Juno, Lycos, Mail.com, Mindspring, MSN, MyWay, Netscape, OneBox, Rediffmail, SBC Yahoo, Switchboard, USA.net and hundreds of other email domains."

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q304148 <-- how to do it with windowsXP alone

[Lucifers_Ghost]

Holy crap. Thanks a ton BJ_M. I really appreciate that. I would have done my own searches and then came back if I couldnt find anything.

Very much appreciated.

I dont care what all the other kids say .. your OK :P

LG

[BJ_M]

im going to try out eprompter

[Lucifers_Ghost]

I was actually going to try the same one. I'll try it at home first. I need to know before I install it at work, if it downloads the emails of the "X" (in this case hotmail) server to the C drive. If it does, I cant use it. As well, I would need it to "leave a copy on the server" anyway.

[BJ_M]

POP Peeper might be better for you as it doesnt (i think) download anything

try them all out -

[Lucifers_Ghost]

Will definately do that.

thanks a bunch man.