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Many ESPs already have a workaround in place for ensuring that open % stats are not affected. Here's Campaign Monitor's take on the issue: http://www.campaignmonitor.com/blog/post/4118/how-gmails-ima...

Also, a postmaster's version: http://emailexpert.org/gmail-tracking-changes-the-fix-what-y...

Disclosure that I'm from Campaign Monitor and wrote that first post. As you can imagine, we've been getting a fair few enquiries about image tracking and opens today...!