Verify E-mail Delivery

Rails
1

Are there any services or ways of verifying that an e-mail is reaching
its recipient? I am using ActiveMailer and it works well but I may
need to start ensuring that e-mails are delivered to the address
specified.

2

Are there any services or ways of verifying that an e-mail is reaching
its recipient? I am using ActiveMailer and it works well but I may
need to start ensuring that e-mails are delivered to the address
specified.

Not really. You could look into setting a ‘return receipt’ header
(google
for specifics) and those clients that have it enabled will send an email
back saying “got it”. I always turn that stuff off though. Not sure
what
normal clients do by default. Point being it isn’t guaranteed to work.

Other than putting a link in the email that the user clicks on, no.

3

Thanks Philip. That’s what I had assumed but was hoping I would get
lucky =)

On Mar 13, 2008, at 2:19 PM, Philip H. wrote:

Are there any services or ways of verifying that an e-mail is reaching
its recipient? I am using ActiveMailer and it works well but I may
need to start ensuring that e-mails are delivered to the address
specified.

Not really. You could look into setting a ‘return receipt’ header
(google
for specifics) and those clients that have it enabled will send an email
back saying “got it”. I always turn that stuff off though. Not sure
what
normal clients do by default. Point being it isn’t guaranteed to work.

Other than putting a link in the email that the user clicks on, no.