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Does this mean that every image will be saved onto Google's proxy server at the time that Google receives it, or at the time that the user opens it? I don't wa
by taggartbg 13y ago
Does this mean that every image will be saved onto Google's proxy server at the time that Google receives it, or at the time that the user opens it?
I don't want to lose the ability to track email opens to gmail users through Mandrill/SendGrid/whatever...
- nfoz 13y agoI sure want you to lose that ability. It's crazy that email clients ever provided that vulnerability in the first place.
- roshodgekiss 13y agoMany ESPs already have a workaround in place for ensuring that open % stats are not affected. Here's Campaign Monitor's take on the issue: http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/4118/how-gmails-image-display-changes-will-affect-your-reports http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/4118/how-gmails-ima... Also, a postmaster's version: http://emailexpert.org/gmail-tracking-changes-the-fix-what-you-need-to-know/ http://emailexpert.org/gmail-tracking-changes-the-fix-what-y... Disclosure that I'm from Campaign Monitor and wrote that first post. As you can imagine, we've been getting a fair few enquiries about image tracking and opens today...!