Webhooks

[Chris Chapman]

Normally, to implement a web hook to track if an email has been read, there is an embedded image in the email. The src url for that image contains a UUID (to anonymize the user). That URL points to a script on a server that does a database insert based on the UUID and returns headers which return an image file.

As for filtering, someone else will have to answer that.



Chris Chapman
chapman at simplesrv.com


> On Jun 16, 2015, at 10:09 AM, Jerry Benton <jerry.benton at mailborder.com> wrote:
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> I am interested in:
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> - how the mechanics of it work with the different techniques commonly in use
> - identifying, removing or disarming via MailScanner
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> Jerry Benton
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>> On Jun 16, 2015, at 11:07 AM, Chris Chapman <chapman at simplesrv.com> wrote:
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>> Are you asking how to implement them or how to remove them via MailScanner?
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>> Chris Chapman
>> chapman at simplesrv.com
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>>> On Jun 16, 2015, at 10:05 AM, Jerry Benton <jerry.benton at mailborder.com> wrote:
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>>> Yes, for tracking. I am interested in how places like Mailchimp insert them and how these web hooks are reporting email reads, deletes, etc. Opening an email by default does not activate a web link in the email, but with web hooks that is somehow happening.
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>>> Jerry Benton
>>> www.mailborder.com
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>>>> On Jun 16, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Remco Barendse <mailscanner at barendse.to> wrote:
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>>>> You mean the tracking url's?
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>>>> All web traffic is routed through a proxy here (no exceptions), i am using block lists to block the webhooks on proxy level and i regularly check the logs adding new domains to my block list.
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>>>> On Mon, 15 Jun 2015, Jerry Benton wrote:
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>>>>> Has anyone tested or dealt with webhooks and MailScanner? There are some obvious privacy concerns with having them in email.
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