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Comment on Ask HN: Open gmail, see image blocked.... hey wait

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I guess it's encoded (embedded) in the email body? The src is not pointing to any external resource. I

One of the purpose of blocking images is to prevent tracking by sender. Embedded images won't require a request to sender's server to display so there's no need to block it?

It looks like it's pointing to an attached image. If so, this is perfectly normal.

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