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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by wodenokoto on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:03AM (#28246848)
Google claimed to do that.

> Instead of serving images directly from their original external host servers, Gmail will now serve all images through Google’s own secure proxy servers.

Https://gmail.googleblog.com/2013/12/images-now-showing.html

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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by upofadown on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:19AM (#28247037)
Proxy servers, not caching servers.
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Re:Gmail is opening and caching URLs within emails without u... by bradknowles on Monday August 23, 2021 @03:00AM (#28273004)
When are proxy servers not caching?
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