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It is a bit fun how some think they can track if I open emails from them or not. I have several times got email with something like "we see you are not reading

It is a bit fun how some think they can track if I open emails from them or not. I have several times got email with something like "we see you are not reading the emails you get from us, so we will remove you from our list". I did read the emails using Thunderbird, so was only their tracking that didn't work. But this is maybe what we get when most read emails in web apps from companies that want to track everything everyone do and think so they can show the adds that are least relevant

avh02 9y ago
oh god I wish spammers did this. Imagine: "we notice you don't care about our spam advertising, we'll remove you from our list" heaven.
- timthorn 9y ago
  We do get that in the UK
- gvb 9y ago
  I've gotten that but it is an unfulfilled promise. It was just another cheap trick to attempt to get me to click their link.
  - fjsolwmv 9y ago
    That's impressive. Using FOMO to get you to read something you don't want
eli 9y ago
Gmail actually takes steps to protect privacy when loading images. Apple's mail apps are the ones that load images indiscriminately. Pretty sure that's for UX reasons not ads.
- oaeuntsh32nts 9y ago
  Not sure what you mean by, "Apple's mail apps are the ones that load images indiscriminately"? I've been using Apple's Mail.app for years on many different machines with many different accounts from different providers, and I have image loading turned off. I've never seen it load an image when I didn't ask it to. Furthermore, it sounds like Gmail will download all images from a mail and store them on Google's servers, which means they're triggering the tracking from those email providers!
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - eli 9y ago
    Sure, but most people never change any settings. By default it loads all images from all senders
- fjsolwmv 9y ago
  Google takes some steps, but still reports opens back to senders.
gk1 9y ago
1) Removing inactive subscribers is a good thing. You stop bothering those who've stopped caring (but haven't bothered to unsubscribe) and pay less for your CRM/email software (if it charges by number of contacts). 2) Marketers should not rely on opens alone to determine who is inactive. Also look at clicks, and site activity from the past 6 months.

avh02 9y ago

oh god I wish spammers did this. Imagine: "we notice you don't care about our spam advertising, we'll remove you from our list" heaven.

timthorn 9y ago
We do get that in the UK
gvb 9y ago
I've gotten that but it is an unfulfilled promise. It was just another cheap trick to attempt to get me to click their link.
- fjsolwmv 9y ago
  That's impressive. Using FOMO to get you to read something you don't want

eli 9y ago

Gmail actually takes steps to protect privacy when loading images. Apple's mail apps are the ones that load images indiscriminately. Pretty sure that's for UX reasons not ads.

oaeuntsh32nts 9y ago
Not sure what you mean by, "Apple's mail apps are the ones that load images indiscriminately"? I've been using Apple's Mail.app for years on many different machines with many different accounts from different providers, and I have image loading turned off. I've never seen it load an image when I didn't ask it to. Furthermore, it sounds like Gmail will download all images from a mail and store them on Google's servers, which means they're triggering the tracking from those email providers!
- deleted 9y ago
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- eli 9y ago
  Sure, but most people never change any settings. By default it loads all images from all senders
fjsolwmv 9y ago
Google takes some steps, but still reports opens back to senders.

gk1 9y ago

1) Removing inactive subscribers is a good thing. You stop bothering those who've stopped caring (but haven't bothered to unsubscribe) and pay less for your CRM/email software (if it charges by number of contacts). 2) Marketers should not rely on opens alone to determine who is inactive. Also look at clicks, and site activity from the past 6 months.