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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by jbverschoor on Friday August 20, 2021 @06:35AM (#28244595)
A "GET" request is not supposed to alter state.

On the other hand. It validates the email address more quickly, so you could even refresh/poll when it's verified automatically

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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by the_gipsy on Saturday August 21, 2021 @06:04AM (#28255694)
If there is a cookie session, 99% of GETs do alter the state.
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