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I'm trying to create an email signature that will display differently on a recipient's computer based on what state their IP address is in. I was wondering if there are any known ways of accomplishing this task?
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I'm trying to create an email signature that will display differently on a recipient's computer based on what state their IP address is in. I was wondering if there are any known ways of accomplishing this task?
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If you can insert an image into your email signature that is hosted on a server you control, you can have the image be dynamically generated by your server. And then you can change it depending on the IP address that's requesting it. As long as the viewer is set to show images from your emails, that will work.
Most email clients block external images... as they can be easily used to track emails, and also verify valid/invalid email addresses. – TheCompWiz – 2011-12-08T15:58:49.193
It really depends on whom he is sending these emails to. If they are people he knows, they will likely show images from him automatically because he's trusted. If they're unknown folks, then he'll likely be blocked, like you said. – Tim Dorr – 2011-12-08T16:00:43.217
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Depending on your setup... there may be several ways to accomplish this... and you'll probably have to use several methods to make it work semi-reliably. There's several hurdles you'll have to overcome in order to accomplish this reliably.
Honestly, your best bet is to build a database of known customers' email addresses and put your location information in there and update as-needed. From there you can typically add signatures to emails either at the email client level... or at the mail-server itself... etc...
This is not a simple task... which is also why there is soooo much spam in the email world. Nobody can track down exactly where/who an email came from. I wish you luck.
1Depends on the email client. – TheCompWiz – 2011-12-08T15:56:39.363