[eli]

So what do the majority of recipients see (who don't have images load by default)?

[elwell]

Um, I'm pretty sure he was joking.

[eli]

shrug

Quite a few people do exactly that.

[rurounijones]

LOTS of game related companies use the "image map" method because, as we all know, games are audio/visually awesome and cannot possibly be represented by plain text emails.

In my case the result is: Big red placeholder image and copyright text /unsubscribe link underneath it.

[xerophtye]

and alert saying "There are images in the mail that have been blocked for your safety." and an option "Unblock Content"