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  1. Did They Read IT? by TheOzz · · Score: 1 · on Email Addiction Runs Rampant
    There is a tool out there to feed a few of these email addicts. It's not free, but the concept could easily be replicated on your own server as long as the recipient accepts HTML formatted email.

    Here's what it does for the addict.
    1. Tracks when an email was read
    2. Tracks how long email was viewed
    3. Tracks where it was read - (Yeah Right, How could this be? Do they think IP Addresses are geographic?)
    4. If message was forwarded then goto to 1.

    I have not looked hard at how it works, but I suspect that the system embeds a small graphic that is loaded off of a remote web server where the are doing extensive logging and reporting back to the addict..I mean sender. If that is it, then you could easily replicate that by adding a graphic to your signature that loads from your web server.

    The server is called DidTheyReadIt?
  2. Here's my tracking code... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Testing didtheyreadit.com's Mail-Tracking Claims

    http://didtheyreadit.com/index.php/worker?code=2f7 621ffef56d47760ab1408510d6995

  3. Slashdot THIS, suckas! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Testing didtheyreadit.com's Mail-Tracking Claims

    What happens if someone posts one of their Web bugs on a popular site?

  4. As a link... and another way to mess them up... by Xtifr · · Score: 1 · on Testing didtheyreadit.com's Mail-Tracking Claims

    And here it is as a link, so you can see what it is that they're sending. Note that it takes a really long time to download. Be patient.

    Seems to me like it could be fun to try generating some random numbers to see if you can find which ones are actually valid tracking numbers in their system. (Note that invalid numbers respond with a zero byte file instantaneously, so you can quickly try again.) Of course, that might interfere with the reliability of the information they claim to provide, so if you think these are nice guys offering a valuable service, you probably don't want to do that! :)

  5. Re:How it 'works' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Testing didtheyreadit.com's Mail-Tracking Claims
    "didtheyreadit.com claims to be able to track your sent email (if you use HTML mail): "When, exactly, your email was opened (if your e-mail programs loads offsite pictures by default). How long your email remained opened (again, if you're using HTML mail). Where, geographically, your email was viewed (assuming that the reverse DNS lookup will be anywhere near accurate, mine was 2000 miles away). DidTheyReadIt works with every single internet provider and e-mail account (assuming that they all have HTML mail enabled by default, which they don't), including EarthLink, AOL, NetZero, Juno, Netscape, Hotmail, Yahoo, and much more."

  6. Re:How it 'works' by jacobdp · · Score: 5, Insightful · on Testing didtheyreadit.com's Mail-Tracking Claims
    This is nothing more than off-site image tracking, as has been seen in spam for ages and ages.

    And yet they claim that there's no way the recipient can know that the message is being tracked (see their FAQ) It may not be complete snake oil, but the company is definitely lying about the service's transparency.

    And they route all your mail through their servers. I wouldn't be surprised if they soon started selling "pre-confirmed" email address lists.

  7. How good are their webservers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Testing didtheyreadit.com's Mail-Tracking Claims

    Although we have to get the link correct in the first place.

    Do you think they'll be able to read their site in the next hour... I hope not :-)

  8. Link doesn't work by fatwreckfan · · Score: 5, Informative · on Testing didtheyreadit.com's Mail-Tracking Claims

    Here's a working link: http://www.didtheyreadit.com/.