Re:The case of the terribly slow PayPal emails
by epc on Sunday October 16, 2011 @06:04PM
(#3118442)
TL;DR: Paypal is embedding an image into its emails using the "//" shortcut, instead of specifying http: or https:.
This is wrong since it assumes the mail user agent loaded the content from a web server. There's zero benefit to dropping http: or https: in a URL in an email.
This is wrong since it assumes the mail user agent loaded the content from a web server. There's zero benefit to dropping http: or https: in a URL in an email.