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Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by jszymborski on Saturday April 20, 2019 @02:55PM (#19708242)
Related to this question: Does Darwin block remote images from loading automatically? I find this is increasingly hard to find (Geary Mail comes to mind) and it's surprising to me.
Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by DarwinMailApp on Saturday April 20, 2019 @03:38PM (#19708461)
Thank you for your question :)

We block any and all code scripts/styles from executing outside of emails.

We don't block images though - if we did then the emails you could usually receive with images will feel plain.. won't it? If I understand you correctly?

Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by sameline on Saturday April 20, 2019 @03:57PM (#19708543)
Allowing remote images to load allows for a tracking signal to be sent from the email client. Blocking images allows the user to choose whether that signal is sent.
Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by DarwinMailApp on Saturday April 20, 2019 @04:03PM (#19708572)
Ohh I see. Like a Facebook Pixels tracking image. No, I don't think that's blocked. Then again, it's not blocked in most email clients, perhaps it's difficult to accomplish.

Nonetheless, I've added it to the list of upcoming features as I believe it's worth a shot!

Thank you so much for your feedback :)

Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by icelancer on Saturday April 20, 2019 @04:30PM (#19708710)
There is an option to block it in Gmail/Inbox.
Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by DarwinMailApp on Saturday April 20, 2019 @05:16PM (#19708938)
That is excellent news.

I will look into that. It does not sound like it will be too tricky to implement so expect a quick turn around time :)

Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by skunkworker on Saturday April 20, 2019 @06:48PM (#19709404)
I believe there are a couple of approaches to this with varying amount of data storage, You can download all images immediately as the email is received (thus preventing image tracking as every image would then be clicked immediately) or have the ability to block all images and selectively turn them on when necessary (unless the image is inline etc).
Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by DarwinMailApp on Sunday April 21, 2019 @04:34AM (#19711176)
Thank you so much for your suggestion. This is gold.

I really like your approach to solving the problem.

I have taken note of your suggestions and will look into this further asap :)

Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by icelancer on Saturday April 20, 2019 @07:39PM (#19709613)
Cool - not saying you have to do it like them, but the most popular option there is to block all images globally but allow the person to click a button to unblock images for that specific email, which then enables a dialogue to "always unblock images from this sender."

I like that workflow; may be something to consider. I block all images but allow images from known senders, like my parents or co-workers.

Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by DarwinMailApp on Sunday April 21, 2019 @04:35AM (#19711183)
Thank you so much for your feedback.

This is a great approach to achieving our goal.

I have taken note of your suggestions and will look into this asap :)

Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by tchaffee on Saturday April 20, 2019 @04:26PM (#19708693)
Thunderbird has the feature. I almost never need to look at in image in an email, unless it's a photo from a friend.
Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by DarwinMailApp on Saturday April 20, 2019 @05:14PM (#19708928)
Fantastic, I have an example to learn from :D

Thank you for the tip!

Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by mathieuh on Saturday April 20, 2019 @07:19PM (#19709540)
I haven’t seen an email with images in years because I always use clients which allow disabling auto-loading.

If I get an email with images it’s usually an email I didn’t want and I block the sender shortly thereafter. Real people don’t tend to send emails with images that are important for understanding the textual content.

Re:Show HN: I Built Darwin Mail as a Google Inbox Replacement by DarwinMailApp on Sunday April 21, 2019 @04:37AM (#19711186)
I love your breakdown of emails here.

It's truly eye-opening. I hope that others feel the same?

In any case, I have taken note of your points and will look into this asap!