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Doesn't Gmail load and proxy all external images anyway? Am I remembering wrong? Of course, not everyone uses Gmail, but if it loads all images whether or not
by snazz 6y ago
Doesn't Gmail load and proxy all external images anyway? Am I remembering wrong?
Of course, not everyone uses Gmail, but if it loads all images whether or not they're opened, tracking pixels are much less useful.
- boogies 6y agoIIRC their servers cache them the first time you open an email, only preventing them from triggering again if you open the email more than once EDIT: it looks like it doesn’t even do that, and “might even benefit email marketing, for sure not blow it up” if this isn’t out of date: https://blog.filippo.io/how-the-new-gmail-image-proxy-works-and-what-this-means-for-you/#bonusthearstechnicaarticle https://blog.filippo.io/how-the-new-gmail-image-proxy-works-...