Most commercial e-mail messages are sent in HTML or a multipart format and include images: logos, header images, product pictures or sender’s photos. Many all e-mail marketers host images on a web server and specify the path to them in the message. To load the images, a call is made back to the hosting server. Many ISPs and some e-mail clients block this call. This is done primarily for security reasons. Using image blocking capabilities people can prohibit adult images from loading and prevent spammers from knowing if the message was opened.

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