Place unSubscribe button on an email

[trags3]

I am in the process of writing an app that will send several emails at a time.
I need to have an unsubscribe button on the email so recipients can easily opt out.
I can handle the incoming email to the sender(I think) but just don't know what needs to be behind the unsubscribe button on the email.

Tom

[Klaus]

... but just don't know what needs to be behind the unsubscribe button on the email.

Well, that is just a link to a serverscript which does the unsubscribe action.
Is that what you mean?

[trags3]

I don't think it is the same,
I assume that when you get an email from a mail list and they have the unsubscribe option that an email is sent to the original sender.
I don't know that this is the case but that's what I have assumed.
In my case I don't expect the email list to be on a server but on a Windows Computer..
Tom

[SparkOut]

It all depends on the setup of the mailing-list and what you deliver, as well as what you record and where it is recorded. Presumably you have some sort of database with subscribers' details - on a server somewhere? How did you get the sign-up information and what did you do with it?
Disregard what you assume happens. Now, what do you want to happen?

(Also are you handling user data in a GDPR compliant manner?)

[trags3]

Here is what I want to happen.
A database of names, email addresses and other information is stored on my computer. Some or all of these people may not know me or what I do.
When I send out a mass email to all of these addresses through an App I am developing, I want them to have the option to click on a field in the email I send them to notify me that they wish to be removed from my list. I don't want to burden them with having to contact me any other way.
When that email is received by me I can delete them from my database as well as keep a record so I don't add them in the future unless they tell me they want me back.

Tom

[PBH]

I don’t see this as a LiveCode problem, (afaik) you can’t just add a LC button to an email message even if the email is generated using LC, however, you can add a formatted link in most email apps, the following should work if you can embed it…

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 mailto:you@youremail.com?subject=Unsubscribe%20=Please%20unsubscribe%20me.

I can’t think how this relates to a LC generated email, we have no power right now so I’m just browsing on my iPad and can’t test, but a better option may be to generate an html formatted email with the following code…

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 <a href="mailto:you@youremail.com?subject=Unsubscribe%20&body=Please%20unsubscribe%20me.">Unsubscribe</a>

Either way, this will open their default email app with a pre-populated email message ready for them just to hit the ”Send” button. You will probably need to remove them from your email list manually unless you write an app to receive the unsubscribe email message, that’s definitely possible, I did that many years ago, albeit in FileMaker. You can’t force their system to send you an email any other way (not legally anyway), other than opening their email app and pre-populating the message.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen an email with an embedded unsubscribe button, but that‘s not to say it’s not possible, I’m sure it could be done with a graphic linked to something like the above, or maybe a server side script.

Probably much easier to use a service like Mailchimp, but I also understand the desire to keep it in-house, generally much more satisfying and more controllable.

So many ways to skin a cat!

Good luck.

Paul

Code courtesy of… https://mailtolinkgenerator.com/

[trags3]

Thanks Paul
This is exactly what I needed. I generate the email within the app, so I should be able to include your unsubscribe script in the email.
Thanks again!
Tom