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Re:Privacy implications of email tracking [pdf] by cimm on Friday September 29, 2017 @05:30AM (#15363893)
I simply stopped reading HTML emails and read everything in plain text. Works fine for most of the emails I receive, the ones that don't are almost always marketing emails anyway.

I do realise clicking tracking links still works but they are way more visible in plain text mode and it's not that hard to copy & paste the relevant part of the link.

Too bad most email clients have removed plain text rendering these days. I also haven't found a good mobile plain text email client yet.

MailMate has a really nice feature when you can read your mails in plain text by default and toggle the HTML version on a per mail basis with a shortcut.

Re:Privacy implications of email tracking [pdf] by alex-e on Friday September 29, 2017 @07:57AM (#15364497)
> Too bad most email clients have removed plain text rendering these days. I also haven't found a good mobile plain text email client yet.

eul [1] only has plain text rendering. It only supports Gmail right now, but a full-fledged email client is coming soon. A mobile app will be released in early 2018.

[1] https://eul.im

Re:Privacy implications of email tracking [pdf] by kwhitefoot on Friday September 29, 2017 @11:16AM (#15366005)
Sounds interesting. It looks like a one man show though. Is it open source/free software?
Re:Privacy implications of email tracking [pdf] by pjmlp on Friday September 29, 2017 @06:54AM (#15364204)
I use Thunderbird with automatically downloads disabled.

Same on GMail app.

Re:Privacy implications of email tracking [pdf] by discreditable on Friday September 29, 2017 @08:18AM (#15364591)
Thunderbird with Simple HTML view is my favorite. It strips the remote content and fluff, while allowing simple things like bold and tables.
Re:Privacy implications of email tracking [pdf] by j_s on Friday September 29, 2017 @03:04PM (#15368174)
The only safe email is text-only email | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15224199 (Sep 2017)

Not too many metions of email clients except mutt and alpine.