Re: [OT] email opens (was: Link from orgmode file to E-Mail (using kmail or notmuch))
* Gregor Zattler [2023-01-28 17:09]: > Yes, because what they are measuring is "email opens" via > web pixels and such tracking technologies. That's might be > a reason why Thunderbird does not show up there. > > So while this data somehow shows the sad state of affairs, > it is not relevant to the question of linking to emails. > Obviously Emacs caters to a tiny niche, yes. But how does > it do or should do? Thanks for comments. Emacs is used by many millions of people, at least installed. Not maybe daily used, real number of users is difficult to determine. Though Emacs users of Emacs e-mail packages must be less. Still it must be a significant number of people. -- Jean Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns: https://www.fsf.org/campaigns In support of Richard M. Stallman https://stallmansupport.org/
Re: [OT] email opens (was: Link from orgmode file to E-Mail (using kmail or notmuch))
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 03:08:17PM +0100, Gregor Zattler wrote: [...] > The data used in the second link actually comes from > litmus.com, they do such statistics on a regular basis. For > the first link I cannot tell, but the numbers are very > similar to the litmus blog post on April 2021. > > > Those are by majority all web software clients. > > Yes, because what they are measuring is "email opens" via > web pixels and such tracking technologies [...] They do *what*? > So while this data somehow shows the sad state of affairs, I'd venture it shows their incompetence. But that seems to be a honourable way to make money these days. Thanks for expanding my horizon... Cheers -- t signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[OT] email opens (was: Link from orgmode file to E-Mail (using kmail or notmuch))
Hi Jean, org-mode developers, * Jean Louis [2023-01-24; 22:01 +03]: > To understand what is widely used e-mail file format, one has to see > what are widely used e-mail clients. > > Maybe this picture may help: > https://d27jswm5an3efw.cloudfront.net/app/uploads/2021/04/most-popular-email-clients-graph.jpeg > > or this one: > > https://www.oberlo.com/media/1673256706-most-used-email-clients-worldwide.png?fit=max=webp=1800 The data used in the second link actually comes from litmus.com, they do such statistics on a regular basis. For the first link I cannot tell, but the numbers are very similar to the litmus blog post on April 2021. > Those are by majority all web software clients. Yes, because what they are measuring is "email opens" via web pixels and such tracking technologies. That's might be a reason why Thunderbird does not show up there. So while this data somehow shows the sad state of affairs, it is not relevant to the question of linking to emails. Obviously Emacs caters to a tiny niche, yes. But how does it do or should do? Ciao; Gregor
