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Solution to Open and Click 1,000 emails?

by James Alexander
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I am planning to run a test on email deliverability, particularly what effect clickers and openers have over time. I already have a 1,000 of Yahoo and Hotmail accounts.

But I can't seem to find a way to efficiently open messages and click on links inside.

Can somebody suggest what solution would be and what will it require? A script? If so how much should I pay for something like that?
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  • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
    You could use automation software to do that. I've used WinAutomation for repetitive stuff like that before. Great program and very easy to use, but it's not cheap. iMacros is the only free program I know of that could do this, but there is a little more of a learning curve to use it compared to something like WinAutomation.

    Or if you don't want to DIY you could just pay someone to write a custom automation script for you. The cost would obviously depend on the exact features and functionality that you need, but if you keep it on the simple side, you're probably looking at 2-4 hours of work for a competent programmer, which would run you somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 - $200.
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    • Profile picture of the author James Alexander
      Thank you for your answer, it is very helpful.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Ayling
    I've found chilkat libraries really good for this sort of functionality.
    You can download email messages, and then use a regular expression to find the links in the emails and then execute them.
    Then you can delete the messages off the server.
    Chikat is not a free library though, but worth it if you are going to use for multiple clients.
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  • Profile picture of the author SteveSRS
    uRobot might be able to do it..

    however there is a another way other then desktop software..
    You can retrieve email via POP via PHP then parse the content and open the link via CURL GET (or Post) If necessary you could even save every individual cookie(s) that are set.. and if you want it step further you can make a build-in proxy list and have the traffic come from all kinds of different IP's

    ooh did I just revealed the secret on how many bots are made
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