Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 10:29:53 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Charalabidis <alex@wnm.net> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Detecting mail client capabilities Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0104211011020.84128-100000@earth.wnm.net> In-Reply-To: <92566.987860344@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
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On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I'm embarrassed to ask this, but the folks I'm doing some work for > insist that it's possible, so here goes... > > Is there teechnology available that allows one to determine what the > rendering capabilities of a customers e-mail client are without the > customer having explicitly sent one mail from that client? > > My employer's confirmation process for their opt-in mailing list > requires the customer to click on a web URL within their mail message. > When they hit that URL, confirmation is registered. > From what I understand, there is an HTTP transaction involved before the subscription. Correct me if I'm misunderstanding. This has potential. I suppose you could extract user agent, system and display information from the HTTP request--all those javascript-enabled web browsers volunteer plenty of information--and use the data to make an educated guess which will be correct 98% of the time. That's the sort of "high technology" I suspect powers the miracle of modern computing this other company claims to have. But then I may be wrong and they could have found the Programmer's Stone. -ac -- =================================================================== Alex Charalabidis Worldspice Technologies 5050 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN, USA +1 901 432 6000 Opinions expressed are mine alone but may be yours for a small fee. =================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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