Hi. I use a Gmail add-on called Streak that allows me to see in real time when people open my emails.
It accomplishes that by adding a unique hidden “pixel” image to each email sent. When their tracking service detects a certain pixel image is being requested, it knows that the email was opened.
The thing is when I use Coda to send an email to a client, it bypass the Streak add-on.
I wonder if there is a way to track emails using Coda? Maybe another email tracking platform…
There isn’t a way that I know of, but using Coda to “Create a Draft” might be a workaround. I haven’t tested, and don’t use that add-on myself, but I’d give it a shot.
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Hey @Breno_Nunes
You can accomplish this with Google Analytics and your email template in Coda. As far as the tracking pixel is concerned here is a semi-clear article about how to set it up. If, however you want the TL;DR version:
Step 1: Create a Google Analytics Account
Step 2: Nab your account ID by doing the following:
Click the gear in the bottom-left of the screen on Google Analytics
Select Property Settings
Your ID will be at the top of the page - save the whole string from UA- to -1
Step 3: Build your tracking URL:
https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&tid=YOURACCOUNTID&cid=555&t=event&ec=email&ea=open&dp=%2Femail%2Fnewsletter1&dt=My%20Newsletter
Replace YOURACCOUNTID with your account ID and feel free to edit the other parts of the url based on your unique needs.
The structure of the URL is as follows:
That is then turned into an image as follows:
<img src="https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&tid=YOURACCOUNTID&cid=555&t=event&ec=email&ea=open&dp=%2Femail%2Fnewsletter1&dt=My%20Newsletter">
NOTE: You must send your email using HTML so I recommend looking into @BenLee 's example docs: Email a formatted table using HTML
You will then be able to view information on Google Analytics about your emails even in real time:
I imagine this would be relatively easy to incorporate into a doc where you can have the Document Title updated dynamically based on the email subject in your table. If I have time I might try to put together a template for this because it looks pretty fun and a great way to save some 
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Wow. Thank you a lot for the detailed explanation. I’ll try to set it up.
It’s always good to learn new things.