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People still use Yahoo mail?

read the fine print, it could mean that iOS mail client don't care that much about privacy. Almost all mail client hide external image by default (and a whitelist mechanism).

I believe several ISPs have deals with Yahoo to offer an email address to their customers. BT (British Telecoms) in the UK use them, as do AT&T in the USA. A huge number of people never change from their supplied addresses, and seeing as they tend to be more likely to click on a link in an unsolicited email, this has the potential to cause quite a few issues.

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