Webhooks

[Jerry Benton]

What you are describing is a web bug, which is already covered in MailScanner. I am interested in webhooks, which appear to be a slightly different animal than a web bug, but at the same time almost identical in behavior. 


Jerry Benton
www.mailborder.com



> On Jun 16, 2015, at 11:12 AM, Chris Chapman <chapman at simplesrv.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> As for filtering, someone else will have to answer that.
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> Chris Chapman
> chapman at simplesrv.com
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>> 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
>> www.mailborder.com
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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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>>>>>> -
>>>>>> Jerry Benton
>>>>>> www.mailborder.com
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