Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
by pc86 on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:45AM
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That may be how you want it to be, but it doesn't reflect reality. If you consistently have extremely low open rates (e.g. you send to a lot of people who aren't opening) your risk of being marked as spam increases. The only way to avoid this is to periodically cull your list of people who haven't opened in some amount of time.
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Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
by mariusor on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:06PM
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I can understand that, but I see a couple of suggestions in the thread that are more considerate than tracking pixels. Tracking external clicks, double confirmation, etc.
I consume most of my email in plain text format. Like me there are others. Your solution is not working for us.
Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
by bberenberg on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:20PM
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Spend enough money with Google or MS to convince them that your opinion as an email consumer matters, then make our lives as senders a bit easier. I promise, we will appreciate it.
Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
by anaerobicover on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:58PM
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I'm not familiar with this area. Can you explain the mechanism for this? What thing is imposing the "risk of being marked as spam", and how does it make its determination? Specifically, how does it have any idea about whether the end user has "opened" the mail?
Re:Spy pixels in emails 'have become endemic'
by anewone on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @03:04PM
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Gmail can do their own tracking on what emails a user opens. If they find that a user is leaving a lot of mail from a domain unread, they might decide to start shifting that mail into the spam box to provide a better UX.
As a sender, it's impossible to get any specifics from Google as to when it happens. You can get a generalized spam report rate from them but that's about it.