I've an idea for an enhancement to the newsletter functionality; I think it would work like this.

Tracking newsletter/e-mail opens is usually done via a 1x1 pixel image embedded in the newsletter. To fine-tune that process:

For each newsletter, add a "track open rates?" checkbox; if checked, a 1x1pixel image generated via an .ashx file is embedded in the newsletter, with the URL of the image containing the UserID (or SubscriberID) & Newsletter ID. When that .ashx page is activated, it'll capture the URL strings for SubscriberID & NewsletterID, and add it to the newsletter log file (as well as time), to show if newsletter has been opened by subscriber. From there, charts showing open-rates, time opened, and such would be simple to generate.

Does anyone see why this wouldn't be do-able, or have any other ideas on the matter? I've a client who'd really like to be able to track these metrics, but I'm not sure if I'll have time to actually write this functionality (not all of it at least - seems fairly straightforward). Input, y'all?

I know there are 3rd-party methods of tracking this sort of thing; just thinking of a way to keep it integrated into the site, and adding on to current functionality. 

Hmmm...would probably not be horrendously difficult to set up tracking to automagically locate links and append values added via newsletter settings. I might actually try to make time to implement this; I think it would be a great value add for folks who have customers who actually use the newsletter feature. Any objections, or does anyone have further thoughts on the matter?

Regarding delivery...isn't that what the logging feature is for, to let us know if there was an issue regarding bounces, etc. - or am I not properly understanding how that currently functions?