Re: [Lynx-dev] Why Does Politico Think I am Not Reading their News-Letters?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi Chime,
Here is my personal experience with this situation, with  some seasoning 
from   places that have done this to me.
Granted it depends on their newsletter client, but some are configured for 
a certain kind of trigger to indicate a link has been activated.  A tap, 
or a mouse click, not necessarily  the enter key.
So, when I get an email like the one you got, I always contact the source 
reminding them that many readers are accessing their content in a low 
graphics environment..that may not trigger what constitutes an indication 
that you are reading.
Many email clients also do what alpine does, confirm you want to follow a 
link, and that also may not count as being opened.
Every time I have shared this, the source has been thankful to learn. 
Many can  only test with their own computers.

Its best to tell them, its not so much about accessibility as the many 
ways an item can be opened that need not involve a mouse.
Does that resonate?
Kare



On Wed, 7 Aug 2024, Chime Hart wrote:

> Hi All: Several weeks ago Politico wrote-and-said because I am not opening 
> their mailings, they are going to free up space in my inbox. Well, yes, 
> because all Politico news-letters are much easier reading as html, I open 
> them from Alpine through Lynx. When I view an html file this way, am I 
> reading it internally or actually visit politico.com?
> So we subscribed again to several of these, but this seems to happen from 
> time2time. Many times I click through article or video links, so how can they 
> say I am not opening their news-letters? Thanks so much in advance for your 
> analysis.
> Chime