Is there a free tool for polls inside an email?
Not in HawkOpen: polls are part of the Business plan. You can try them with HawkOpen Intro, €1 for the first 20 days with full Business access. From day 21, Business continues with yearly billing at €90 a year plus VAT and renews every year until canceled. You can choose monthly billing at €11/month instead.
Why do email poll results show votes for every option, and how do I avoid bot votes?
Security scanners in company mail systems open every link in an email, so a poll that counts a click as a vote gets a vote for every option. In HawkOpen a poll link only opens a confirmation page; the vote counts when the person presses the confirm button.
Can I put a poll in an Outlook email?
Yes. Create the poll in HawkOpen, copy the link for each answer and paste the links into your Outlook email. Because they are ordinary links, they work in Outlook on the web, in the desktop app and in any other mail app. Polls are part of the Business plan.
How do I add a poll to an email in Gmail or another mail app?
On the Business plan: create the poll in HawkOpen with one question and 2 to 6 answers, copy the link HawkOpen gives for each answer, and put the links into your email as text or buttons. They are ordinary links, so they work in Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail and other mail apps.
When a recipient clicks an answer, a short page asks them to confirm, and only the confirmation counts as a vote. For a yes/no question, create a poll with the answers “Yes” and “No”. Results appear in your HawkOpen dashboard.
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Can a poll allow several answers or a free-text answer?
No. A HawkOpen poll is one question with a single choice among 2 to 6 answers; recipients cannot pick several or write their own text.
For several questions, create several polls; for written answers, ask recipients to reply to the email or use a form tool. Polls are part of the Business plan.
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Are poll answers anonymous, or can I see who voted for what?
You see only the number of votes and the percentage for each answer, not names or email addresses. To stop double voting, HawkOpen keeps a coded fingerprint of the voter’s connection (or of a voter code in the link), which it does not show to you.
So the results are anonymous to you, but the fingerprint comes from the connection, and two people on the same office network may count as one voter. Do not promise recipients complete anonymity.
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Where do I see poll results, and can I export them?
In the HawkOpen dashboard, under Polls: each poll shows the votes and the percentage for each answer and the total. There is no export file; copy the numbers if you need them elsewhere.
Polls are part of the Business plan.
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Can I close a poll or set an end date?
No. A HawkOpen poll has no end date and cannot be closed; its links keep accepting votes. If timing matters, state the deadline in your email and read the results at that time.
Polls are part of the Business plan.
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Can I embed a Google Forms, Microsoft Forms or Doodle poll in an email?
HawkOpen does not embed other services’ forms. Most mail apps do not run embedded forms anyway, so the usual way is a link to the form in the email. HawkOpen’s own poll works the same way: one link per answer, with a confirmation page.
HawkOpen polls are part of the Business plan.
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