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ChromeFoundry

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1. If you just want IP addresses...

Reply to The Backlash Cometh (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2012, 02:56 PM

Jan 2012

your log files already capture that information. "EVERY" - GET, POST and HEAD command gets logged by your web server's logging facility, including the client IP address. All you need to do is run something to process the log files into a database that can be queried for the analytical data.

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To Ip web track, or not. [View all] The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 OP

If you just want IP addresses... ChromeFoundry Jan 2012 #1

Oh dear. The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #2

Whomever is hosting your website... ChromeFoundry Jan 2012 #3

Thanks so much ChromeFoundry! The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #6

The web servers CAN log that info and lots of other stuff. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #4

Just want an insurance card. The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #5

Nothing special needed with email. ManiacJoe Jan 2012 #7

Back in the day when there was deja vu, The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #9

For Emails, you can do some of your own forensics... ChromeFoundry Jan 2012 #8

Thanks CF! The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #10

I personally like them DaveJ Jan 2012 #11

I've slowly grown to accept the fact that internet tracking is real and is here. The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #12

Hmm... I guess it depends on your audience then DaveJ Jan 2012 #13

A thousand hits a day. The Backlash Cometh Jan 2012 #14