stm1sydney
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I believe how this is tracked by the sender is by the sender using "external images" in their emails, so that when the sendee opens the email, the external image is downloaded from the original server. It's this download that is tracked.They wanted to confirm that a person received their renewal offer. He said to me they did and they opened that email 113 times! What?
How is that possible? Let's say that was me. I have read receipt turned off. Apparently that means nothing as companies can pay money to email providers for statistics. Seriously?
As sendee, you can stop this by turning off "automatically/always display external images" in your email app settings. Eg, in Gmail, Settings, turn on "Ask before displaying external images" and then, when you open an email, don't click on "Display images below".