Blocking email trackers and remote images

Why don’t images show up right away?#

Many newsletters and commercial emails contain a tracking pixel: an invisible image that, when downloaded, tells the sender you opened the message, when, and often from where. Mailamber blocks all remote images until you decide otherwise, and it recognizes and counts known trackers. At the top of the message you’ll see, for example, “… trackers blocked for your privacy” or “… remote images blocked for your privacy”.

How do I load a message’s images?#

• Load images: downloads them for this message only.
• Always from this sender: always downloads them for this sender, who becomes trusted.
• Always from followed by the domain (for example “Always from brand.com”): applies to every address and subdomain of that sender, handy for newsletters that change their sending address. It doesn’t appear for personal mail such as gmail.com.

On the phone the buttons are the same: Load images and Always from this sender.

Where do I manage trusted senders?#

Your choice applies right away to every message from that sender or domain, including those already downloaded, and it survives restarts. When a message shows images because the sender is trusted, a line above the text says so and offers Revoke.

The full list is in Privacy & security → Remote images: trusted senders: you can add an address or a domain and remove entries. On the phone it’s in Tools → Privacy. With shared settings the list is the same on PC and phone.

What is the privacy dashboard?#

On the PC, in Tools → Privacy, you see how many trackers have been blocked and who is tracking you, sender by sender. The per-sender dashboard is included in Plus and Premium; tracker blocking and counting work on every plan.

Does blocking work offline too?#

Yes: the filter runs on your device, before the message is even shown, with no external services.