CN100546288C - A kind of Email tracking system and method thereof - Google Patents
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The invention provides a kind of Email tracking system, comprise: the email tracking module, it is arranged on the Email of web page user outbox, is used for the tracking sign of recorded electronic mail, and this tracking identification record has sender, mail identification number and transmitting time; Concordance list, it is kept on the background server, and the corresponding concordance list of each account user is used to write down the up-to-date delivery state of this Email to be shown to the sender; The Email receiver module, it is arranged on the background server, be used for the unified Email that receives, tracking sign to described Email is resolved, and to the delivery of classifying of described Email, the tracking sign that is write down according to described email tracking module is updated to the up-to-date delivery state of described Email in described sender's the concordance list.By adopting technical solution of the present invention, the sender can follow the tracks of the delivery state of user email effectively, and in time this delivery state is shown to this sender.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to e-mail technique, particularly a kind of Email tracking system and method thereof.
Background technology
Present EUDORA as Foxmail and Outlook, mainly has been to use a kind of optionally " receipt " service to confirm the payment received of mail, and the addressee can select to inform the sender voluntarily.The service that also has a kind of Msgtag then is to notify the sender when mail is opened automatically.
And in webpage mailbox (webmail), the sender distributes after the Email, if the addressee does not return receipt after being provided with and getting the mail automatically in the webpage mailbox, the sender can't know generally whether this Email arrives the other side's mailbox, also can't know the delivery state of this Email.Especially for the higher Email of some significance levels, the sender wishes to know the delivery state of this Email at certain time point clearly for example: whether arriving the other side's mailbox still is that quilt has been rejected, and still is delayed and has delivered.
Hence one can see that, and above-mentioned following function depends on the notification message that imports into by the setting of the option of addressee in webpage mailbox, EUDORA and correct processing.If the addressee is not provided with response piece functions in webpage mailbox, EUDORA, the sender just can't learn the delivery state of Email so, therefore brings very big inconvenience to the sender.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of Email tracking system and method thereof, can in the webpage mailbox, not be provided with the addressee and obtain under the situation of response piece functions, also can follow the tracks of the delivery state of user email effectively, and in time this delivery state is shown to the user.
The technical solution adopted for the present invention to solve the technical problems is: a kind of Email tracking system comprises:
The email tracking module, it is arranged on the Email of web page user outbox, is the tracking sign of recorded electronic mail, and this tracking identification record has sender, mail identification number and transmitting time; With
The Email receiver module, it is arranged on the background server, be used for the unified Email that receives, tracking sign to described Email is resolved, and to the delivery of classifying of described Email, the up-to-date delivery state that the tracking of being write down according to described email tracking module identifies described Email is updated in described sender's the concordance list, this concordance list is kept on the background server, the corresponding concordance list of each account user is used to write down the up-to-date delivery state of this Email to be shown to the sender.
In a kind of Email tracking system of the present invention, also comprise mail timeout treatment module, it is used for handling accordingly according to the Email of default time-out time to overtime delivery, and the information that mail is overtime returns to described sender.
In a kind of Email tracking system of the present invention, also comprise email tracking sign filtering module, it is used to filter pseudo-email tracking sign or filters the Email that need not to follow the tracks of its delivery state.
In a kind of Email tracking system of the present invention, described email tracking module comprises mail identification number generation unit, and it is used for generating unique mail identification number according to preset algorithm, and is kept at simultaneously in the webpage mailbox.
The present invention also discloses a kind of email tracking method simultaneously, may further comprise the steps:
(a), send to have and follow the tracks of the Email that identifies, described tracking identification record has sender, mail identification number and transmitting time; With
(b), described Email receiver module is the Email unification that the receives delivery of classifying, and according to described tracking sign the up-to-date delivery state of described Email is updated in described sender's the concordance list of described background server.
In a kind of email tracking method of the present invention, carry out described step (a) and also comprise afterwards:
Described Email is sent successful information updating to described sender's concordance list.
In a kind of email tracking method of the present invention, in the described step (b),, then carry out following steps if in the classification delivery process, mail delivery delay/failure scenarios occurs:
According to default time-out time overtime Email is handled accordingly, and the information of mail delay/mail delivery failure is returned to described sender.
In a kind of email tracking method of the present invention, in the described step (b), to the described Email unification that receives classify deliver before, also comprise:
The tracking of described Email sign is carried out filtration treatment, then by described Email receiver module to through filtration treatment but the tracking of the described Email that is not filtered sign resolve, obtain described tracking identification information.
In a kind of email tracking method of the present invention, further comprise after the described step (b):
(c), receive described sender's query requests, the up-to-date delivery state information of the described Email in the described concordance list is shown to described sender.
By adopting technical solution of the present invention, the sender can follow the tracks of the delivery state of user email effectively, and in time this delivery state is shown to this sender.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a kind of Email tracking system of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of a kind of email tracking method of the present invention.
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The present invention is further elaborated with specific embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings below.
As shown in Figure 1, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a kind of Email tracking system mainly comprises: web page user outbox 1, the email tracking sign filtering module 5 and the Email receiver module 6 that are arranged on the Email 2 that has the email tracking module on the web page user outbox 1, are arranged on the concordance list 3 on the background server 7 and are arranged on background server 7.
The email tracking module comprises mail identification number generation unit, is used for generating unique mail identification number according to preset algorithm, and is kept at simultaneously in the web page user outbox 1.When the sender need post a letter by web page user outbox 1, can charge to the email tracking module at the head of Email 2, it follows the tracks of sign can be expressed as X-TraceMail-Tag, the form of this Tag can be expressed as:<sender〉_<the mail identification number 〉, and the transmitting time of while recorded electronic mail, this mail has been sent successful information updating to sender's concordance list 3.
Wherein, concordance list 3 is kept on the background server 7, and the corresponding concordance list 3 of each account user is used to write down the up-to-date delivery state of this Email to be shown to the sender.When the sender clicks the Email that has sent, can see the delivery state of this Email.
As an improvement of the present invention, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a kind of Email tracking system also comprises mail timeout treatment module 4.When mail nonfinal state occurs at delivery process, for example: have a large amount of mails to send simultaneously, cause the long-pending letter of mail queue a lot, make that backstage delivering mail server queue is long, at this moment will carry out delay queue or move back the letter queue processing.If mail continue to be postponed,, then can return to the sender by mail timeout treatment module 4 information that mail is overtime (as " mail delay " or " mail delivery failure " etc.) if time time of delay surpasses default time-out time timeout.
Wherein, default time-out time timeout can define like this: the transmitting time of record was T1 when the sender posted a letter, when the sender clicks when opening the mail that has sent in web page user outbox 1, also do not reach the termination attitude through this envelope letter of inquiring user data directory, page record is opened the time T 2 of this mail once more.If T2-T1>timeout so then thinks this mail by timeout treatment, the page should return to the overtime information of sender's mail.
As another improvement of the present invention, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a kind of Email tracking system also comprises email tracking sign filtering module 5, it is used to filter pseudo-email tracking sign or filters the Email that need not to follow the tracks of its delivery state, then arrives Email receiver module 6 through the mail after filtering.In general, need to filter for other pseudo-email tracking sign, to avoid causing illusion to the user; For passing through Mail Clients (as: outlook, EUDORAs such as foxmail) can not need to follow the tracks of, that is to say that tracking of the present invention is meant by landing the situation that webmail posts a letter, by Mail Clients send not in following range.
A kind of Email tracking system of the present invention can with the shared background server 7 of other webpage mailbox.The function that one skilled in the art will appreciate that Email receiver module 6 among the present invention can realize in background server 7.
As shown in Figure 2, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a kind of email tracking method mainly may further comprise the steps:
Step S1, S2, sender send and have the Email of following the tracks of sign.When the user posts a letter by webmail, clamp-on mail at the head of mail and follow the tracks of sign X-TraceMail-Tag, the form of this Tag:<sender〉_<the mail identification number 〉, and note the transmitting time of mail simultaneously, and mail has been sent successful information updating to this sender's concordance list.
For example: user 12345@qq.com gives user's send Email A of 67890@qq.com at the webpage mailbox, general<transmitting time〉and<send successful state〉be kept in this user's of user 12345@qq.com the concordance list index structure, (this mail identification number can generate globally unique N figure place word string by preset algorithm at field X-TraceMail-Tag:12345_XX...X of head record of Email simultaneously, N can be 31), this Email was kept at and sent in the mailbox this moment.When 12345@qq.com user opens when sending mail, the information that system will " successfully send " is shown to the user.
Step S3 carries out filtration treatment by 5 pairs of Emails that receive of email tracking sign filtering module.In general, need to filter for other pseudo-email tracking sign, to avoid causing illusion to the user; Follow the tracks of for can not needing by Mail Clients (as: outlook, EUDORAs such as foxmail), even because delivery is unsuccessful, client also can produce and move back letter.
Step S4 is when arriving Email receiver module 6 through the Email that filters, by Email receiver module 6 delivery of classifying.Carry out the branch time-like, which generally need be told is the mail that sends to internal area (for example: delivery is given), and which is the mail that sends foreign lands (for example: delivery is given).Before delivering, need resolve Email, for example above-mentioned Email is resolved, obtain X-TraceMail-Tag:12345_XX...X.
Step S5 judges whether to deliver successfully.Normal delivery process speed can be than comparatively fast, and the Email of the common 200K of an envelope only needs 0.3S can be delivered to the other side's mailbox, if deliver successfully then execution in step S7; If but nonfinal state appears in delivery process, and for example: the long-pending letter of mail queue is a lot, has a large amount of mails to send simultaneously, makes that backstage delivering mail server queue is long, then execution in step S6.
Step S6 handles accordingly to overtime Email.If mail continue to be postponed,, then can return to the sender by mail timeout treatment module 4 information that mail is overtime (as " mail delay " or " mail delivery failure " etc.) if time time of delay surpasses default time-out time timeout.Wherein, default time-out time timeout can define like this: the transmitting time of record was T1 when the sender posted a letter, and when the sender clicks when opening the mail that has sent at the webpage mailbox, page record is opened the time T 2 of this mail first.If T2-T1>timeout so then thinks this mail by timeout treatment, the page should return to the overtime information of sender's mail.
Step S7, by taking out the tracking sign of this Email, by two field thresholdings in the X-TraceMail-Tag: sender, addressee and transmitting time can this tracked Emails of unique identification, and the up-to-date delivery state with the delivery success of this Email among the step S5 is updated in the concordance list of the sender in the background server then.In general, the delivery state of termination of Email through occurring after delivering:
The state that occurs is delivered in this territory to be had:
A, SENT_OK: represent successfully to be delivered to this territory user's inbox;
B, NO_SPACE: expression addressee insufficient space;
C, NO_USER: the expression address of the addressee does not exist;
D, FILTER_IGNORE: the expression addressee filters out by the filter setting;
E, ANTISPAM_IGNORE: the expression addressee filters out by waste setting;
F, SYS_ERR: expression system mistake;
G:BOUNCE: letter moves back in the expression system.
The state that occurs is delivered in foreign lands to be had (how carrying out because deliver on there is no telling foreign lands mail service merchant's backstage, so have following two state of terminations):
A, SENT_OK_OUT: expression is delivered to foreign lands user's inbox;
B, BOUNCE_OUT: expression is delivered the foreign lands user and is moved back letter.
If above-mentioned addressee 67890@qq.com is provided with filter, forbid receiving letter from 12345@qq.com, this territory delivery arrival state of termination is FILTER_IGNORE so.According to two field<senders in the X-TraceMail-Tag:12345_XX...X field information 〉-<the mail identification number〉and be recorded in the sender 12345@qq.com concordance list<transmitting time the three is unique determines that this mail issues this user of 67890@qq.com, and the delivery state FILTER_IGNORE of this Email is write in the 12345@qq.com user index table again.
Step S8 receives sender's query requests, and the delivery state information of this Email in the concordance list is shown to this sender.That is to say when 12345@qq.com user clicks this Email A that has sent, obtain the information that writes down in the concordance list of 12345@qq.com, will deliver the termination attitude and be shown to this user.
In sum, by adopting technical solution of the present invention, the sender can inquire Email from sending to the whole delivery state of delivery, thereby realizes complete mail tracing process.
The above is the preferred embodiments of the present invention only, is not limited to the present invention, and for a person skilled in the art, the present invention can have various changes and variation.Within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of being done, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within the claim scope of the present invention.
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1, a kind of Email tracking system is characterized in that, comprising:
The email tracking module, it is arranged on the Email of web page user outbox, is used for the tracking sign of recorded electronic mail, and this tracking identification record has sender, mail identification number and transmitting time; With
The Email receiver module, it is arranged on the background server, be used for the unified Email that receives, tracking sign to described Email is resolved, and to the delivery of classifying of described Email, the up-to-date delivery state that the tracking of being write down according to described email tracking module identifies described Email is updated in described sender's the concordance list, this concordance list is kept on the background server, the corresponding concordance list of each account user is used to write down the up-to-date delivery state of this Email to be shown to the sender.
2, a kind of Email tracking system according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, also comprise mail timeout treatment module, it is used for handling accordingly according to the Email of default time-out time to overtime delivery, and the information that mail is overtime returns to described sender.
3, a kind of Email tracking system according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, also comprises email tracking sign filtering module, and it is used to filter pseudo-email tracking sign or filters the Email that need not to follow the tracks of its delivery state.
4, a kind of Email tracking system according to claim 3 is characterized in that, described email tracking module comprises mail identification number generation unit, and it is used for generating unique mail identification number according to preset algorithm.
5, a kind of email tracking method based on the described a kind of Email tracking system of claim 1 is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:
(a), send to have and follow the tracks of the Email that identifies, described tracking identification record has sender, mail identification number and transmitting time; With
(b), described Email receiver module is the Email unification that the receives delivery of classifying, and according to described tracking sign the up-to-date delivery state of described Email is updated in described sender's the concordance list of described background server.
6, a kind of email tracking method according to claim 5 is characterized in that, carries out described step (a) and also comprises afterwards:
Described Email is sent successful information updating to described sender's concordance list.
7, a kind of email tracking method according to claim 5 is characterized in that, in the described step (b), if mail delivery delay/failure scenarios occurs in the classification delivery process, then carries out following steps:
According to default time-out time overtime Email is handled accordingly, and the information of mail delay/mail delivery failure is returned to described sender.
8, according to claim 5 or 7 described a kind of email tracking methods, it is characterized in that, in the described step (b), to the described Email unification that receives classify deliver before, also comprise:
The tracking of described Email sign is carried out filtration treatment, then by described Email receiver module to through filtration treatment but the tracking of the described Email that is not filtered sign resolve, obtain described tracking identification information.
9, a kind of email tracking method according to claim 5 is characterized in that, further comprises after the described step (b):
(c), receive described sender's query requests, the up-to-date delivery state information of the described Email in the described concordance list is shown to described sender.
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