# Tracking user activity via email

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-user-activity-via-email/56428>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [26 בינואר,‏ 2017,‏ 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-user-activity-via-email/56428 "2017-01-26T23:00:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)\
**Post date:** [23 באוקטובר,‏ 2020,‏ 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-user-activity-via-email/56428/14 "2020-10-23T19:29:49Z")

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Correct - this is not built in.

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> It is not really possible to reliably track email “opens”. So it is dangerous to pin your hopes on this.

Jeff’s post is still highly relevant.

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