Re: email tracking, is it possible in fedora mail clients?

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On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 22:24:57 +0100
pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Tue, 2022-09-13 at 09:21 -0700, stan via users wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Sep 2022 17:06:24 +0100
> > Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 2022-09-13 at 08:31 -0700, stan via users wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I just saw this article via Pocket in firefox,
> > > > https://www.vox.com/recode/23332959/email-tracking-privacy
> > > > and I wondered if that is an issue in fedora.  It seems that in
> > > > order for such tracking to work, it has to have the cooperation
> > > > of
> > > > the operating system, or at least the mail client.  And, I would
> > > > think that
> > > > open source mail clients don't allow that.  Am I right?  
> > > 
> > > AFAIK it's not an operating system issue as such.
> > > 
> > > Turn off read receipts in your MUA (I've always argued that they
> > > are
> > > basically useless).
> > 
> > I don't find any switch to do that in claws-mail, so maybe it
> > doesn't have the ability to send return receipts.

When you are in the compose window the options tab at the top has a
check box for return receipts.

David
> 
> Sounds likely. Evolution does support them but I turn them off.
> 
> > > Also, don't open HTML mail but use the plaintext alternative where
> > > available. If you can't avoid HTML mail, many mail services have
> > > some
> > > tracking protection built-in.
> > 
> > claws converts all messages to text, and it takes a plugin to view
> > html
> > mail.  So, that probably meets this requirement.
> > 
> 
> Sure.
> 
> > Phew, safe.  
> > 
> > Thanks.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> poc
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