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Ok, I am glad the author has figured it out (2 years too late) but I have another question: Why are they even using tracking pixels, I cant remember when I had
by stiray 6y ago
Ok, I am glad the author has figured it out (2 years too late) but I have another question:
Why are they even using tracking pixels, I cant remember when I had some email client that was showing the 3rd party images in emails?
I thought this is a dead "technology" for at least a decade?
- iamacyborg 6y agoWhat do you think is dead? Email marketing or email tracking? In either case, both are very much alive and doing better than ever, though in the latter case this is not a good thing.
- stiray 6y agoNo, I meant specifically tracking using url to images on 3rd party servers. I have just checked outlook and evolution and both are blocking it by default, same with thunderbird and nine mail O.o
- iamacyborg 6y agoSadly, nope, still very much a thing that is happening.
- ACS_Solver 6y agoI sometimes cannot tell if HN users are being sarcastic, or are genuinely out of touch with how people use technology. You're not a typical user if you have Thunderbird, let alone Evolution. Gmail is the de-facto standard provider for personal email. People use web clients on their computers, and either the Gmail app or Apple's apps on mobile. Those load images by default, and render HTML. If you're using Thunderbird on your PC or K-9 on your Android, you're in a minority, and your habits don't reflect the vast masses targeted by marketers.
- Macha 6y agoGmail for web and android does not load remote assets by default. images have to be either attached or in data URLs to load from most senders (only your contacts and whitelisted senders get a pass).
- stiray 6y agoSo what you want to say is that glitch that was fixed 20 years back in all major email clients is back and the "de-facto standard provider for personal email" has neglected it?! Probably deliberately. Nice. With a huge facepalm. I wonder if they will also add support to run .pif files. /s I really didn't know that, haven't used gmail from the times when it was invite only, I prefer better email clients than the default one (now that you have told me this - even more) and I am happy camper with my own mail server for even longer while on the other side I don't have time to track how far the Idiocracy[1] has progressed It was 9 mail[2], not K-9. Firewalled to be able to access to only my and company domain. But yes. I am not typical user. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2tUW0HDHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP2tUW0HDHA [2] https://www.9folders.com/en/index.html https://www.9folders.com/en/index.html
- gbear605 6y agoGmail at least still shows them by default, and that gets you most personal email users in one go. I know Apple Mail does as well.