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Re:How Gmail’s New Inbox Is Affecting Open Rates by eli on Tuesday July 23, 2013 @05:13PM (#6092933)
Huh? How did you conclude that?

Tracking image loads and clicks would be a much more effective method of determining that an address is valid for both legitimate mass emails and spam.

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Re:How Gmail’s New Inbox Is Affecting Open Rates by PavlovsCat on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @01:04AM (#6094603)
Does Googlemail web client load images from random senders without asking the user first?
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Re:How Gmail’s New Inbox Is Affecting Open Rates by eli on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @07:36AM (#6095540)
Only if you've previously exchanged messages with them.

How many people do you think load images versus click Report Spam on an ISP with a feedback loop? And which group do you think would be a better target for future messages?

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