As MM is already doing some guessing/decision making on what are downloads and what are trackers, and give ability to do one or other other, having that selection "default" would be great.
Then, sure, I am also curious to know how MM is deciding which one is which... Patrik On 30 May 2021, at 0:49, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: > Not sure what you mean. If the IMG tag explicitly specifies the size as 1px > by 1px, yes, that’s easily ignorable. But there’s no requirement to put the > size in the tag. > > —Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb > > Take two tablets and email me in the morning… > >> On May 29, 2021, at 6:48 PM, Joseph P. Hillenburg <j...@cobaltjacket.com> >> wrote: >> >> What about for email items that already have a 1x1 IMG tag placeholder, or >> do advertisers never do that? >> >> -JPH >> >>>> On May 29, 2021, at 17:32, Steven M. Bellovin <s...@cs.columbia.edu> wrote: >>>> >>> >>> On 29 May 2021, at 17:30, Randy Bush wrote: >>> >>> 3. Is it possible to disable image tracking for 1x1 image by default, >>> even if I choose to load the images? >>> >>> yes, please >>> >>> I don't see how that's possible. It's the attempt to do the download >>> that leads to tracking: a web server somewhere sees a request for >>> the tracking URL; whether or not anything is shown is irrelevant. >>> And until you download it, you don't know that it's 1x1. I suppose >>> someone could set up a server that collected the hostnames or >>> URLs that served up these things, but uploading to the site is also >>> tracking, though presumably we'd trust it more. >>> >>> —Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb > > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > mailmate@lists.freron.com > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
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