I need to send out several hundred, to several thousand emails out of our
database. Now, before everyone starts telling me to use an actual MLM for
this, let me explain what I need to do.
I need to send a unique ID with each message, in the form of a URL. We
want to make unsubscribing as easy as possible for our clients, so what I plan
on doing is sending out a URL in the body of the message that contains a unique
ID. When they click on that URL, it hits another script on our website which
than takes that ID, searches for it in the database and flags that record (and
returns a 'Thank you' page.)
So, somehow, I need to generate a unique ID for each message send, stick
that ID into the database with the corresponding email address that it was just
sent to and then....wait.
What's the best way to approach this? Should I generate IDs outside of the
script, and then query the database for both the email and the ID and construct
the message that way? Or should I dynamically generate an ID during the
mailing process and shove it in the DB as the message goes out?
Suggestions, criticism, comments...welcome.
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IT Director / SysAdmin / WebSmith . 800.441.3873 x130
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