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Gmail's web interface does load images by default.

• Joe8Bit 6y ago
  Technically it loads all images through a Google proxy[0] which in theory prevents third parties from using images for tracking. The third parties only get a 'hit' when Google pulls the image into their cache, which is not when you open the mail. Google can still track you, but if you really care about that then you're probably not using Gmail anyway. [0]: https://gmail.googleblog.com/2013/12/images-now-showing.html https://gmail.googleblog.com/2013/12/images-now-showing.html
• readams 6y ago
  Gmail won't load remote images when you open the mail. It will load images from Google servers that have been cached.
  • eli 6y ago
    it doesn't pre-cache them, Google requests them in real-time when you view them
• asiachick 6y ago
  It does not load them from 3rd parties. It cached them and loads them from Google's servers. Open your network tab and see https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/gmail-blows-up-e-mail-marketing-by-caching-all-images-on-google-servers/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/gmail...
  • eli 6y ago
    This protects your IP address and user agent string from being read by the sender, but otherwise doesn't change anything