> -----Original Message----- > From: Kelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 4:59 PM > To: 'users@spamassassin.apache.org' > Subject: Re: New open http redirector? > > > Chris Santerre wrote: > > My point is whatever code/script the redir is running to > generate tracking > > IDs in a URL can ALWAYS be run from a company's own server. > Regardless of > > the method, the sender could always do it. > > You're still making an assumption that what they're tracking > is ad *views*. > > What about tracking clicks? Suppose you have a website with > ads -- or > search results -- on it, and you want to keep track of which links to > third party sites get followed. You can't do that with a web > bug. You > can only do that by setting up a redirect script so that you log the > click, then send the browser off to the other site. > > At that point it's a matter of locking it down so that only specific > targets are allowed, etc., or else you end up setting up a > script that > can be abused by spammers. Which brings us to where this > thread started.
Your tellng me you can't get a redir for your own website? You can't get a script to point: www.example.com/4gk43gg435gh43ghk.htm -> www.example.com/realpage.htm And generate your own IDs? This makes no sense. If a third party service can do it, so can a company. 3rd party redirs are simply not needed. *goes to google open source redir scripts* --Chris
