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If most people open the emails right away, that’s a signal to Mailchimp that the user isn’t spamming their list. How do they know if you open the email (aren't
by Lxr 10y ago
If most people open the emails right away, that’s a signal to Mailchimp that the user isn’t spamming their list.
How do they know if you open the email (aren't third party images etc specifically blocked or cached for this reason)?
- petercooper 10y agoSo in Gmail's case, Gmail does cache the image. But.. every email goes out with a slightly different open graphic URL, and Gmail only fetches the image when the user actually opens the email, so the open is still tracked. Further opens by the same user are not tracked, however.